Search results for author:"Mikael Heimann"
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Increasing Reading and Communication Skills in Children with Autism through an Interactive Multimedia Computer Program
Mikael Heimann
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Vol. 25, No. 5 (1995) pp. 459–80
An interactive, child-initiated software package was used in teaching reading and communication skills to 3 groups of children (n=30), including 20 children with autism and mixed disabilities. Results suggest that such programs may stimulate reading ...
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On the Effect of Multimedia Computer Programs: Gains Made by Children with Autism in Reading, Motivation, and Communication Skills
Mikael Heimann
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development 1995 (March 1995)
An interactive multimedia program to facilitate the acquisition of reading, writing, and overall communication skills in children with significant language delays was developed and evaluated in Sweden with two studies. Participating in the first...
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Interaction Patterns between Children and Their Teachers when Using a Specific Multimedia and Communication Strategy: Observations from Children with Autism and Mixed Intellectual Disabilities
Tomas Tjus; Mikael Heimann; Keith E. Nelson
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice Vol. 5, No. 2 (2001) pp. 175–87
A study investigated interaction patterns between 11 children with autism, 9 with intellectual disabilities, and 9 teachers working with a multimedia program to increase literacy skills. Children with autism showed increased enjoyment and...
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Computerized Sign Language-Based Literacy Training for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Emil Holmer; Mikael Heimann; Mary Rudner
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Vol. 22, No. 4 (2017) pp. 404–421
Strengthening the connections between sign language and written language may improve reading skills in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) signing children. The main aim of the present study was to investigate whether computerized sign language-based...
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Computer-Assisted Interventions Targeting Reading Skills of Children with Reading Disabilities--A Longitudinal Study
Linda Falth; Stefan Gustafson; Tomas Tjus; Mikael Heimann; Idor Svensson
Dyslexia Vol. 19, No. 1 (February 2013) pp. 37–53
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of three computerized interventions on the reading skills of children with reading disabilities in Grade 2. This longitudinal intervention study included five test sessions over 1 year. Two ...
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Effects of Three Interventions on the Reading Skills of Children with Reading Disabilities in Grade 2
Stefan Gustafson; Linda Falth; Idor Svensson; Tomas Tjus; Mikael Heimann
Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 44, No. 2 (2011) pp. 123–135
In a longitudinal intervention study, the effects of three intervention strategies on the reading skills of children with reading disabilities in Grade 2 were analyzed. The interventions consisted of computerized training programs: One bottom-up...
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Training Literacy Skills through Sign Language
Mary Rudner; Josefine Andin; Jerker Rönnberg; Mikael Heimann; Anders Hermansson; Keith Nelson; Tomas Tjus
Deafness and Education International Vol. 17, No. 1 (March 2015) pp. 8–18
The literacy skills of deaf children generally lag behind those of their hearing peers. The mechanisms of reading in deaf individuals are only just beginning to be unraveled but it seems that native language skills play an important role. In this...