Michael Solis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a reading comprehension intervention for 4th to 8th grade students with ASD called Reading Enhancements for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Project READ). Project READ is a tutoring intervention designed with prior IES funding that has demonstrated promise for meeting the heterogeneous reading comprehension needs of students with ASD. For students with ASD, improving reading comprehension is critical for increasing their oppor...

The purpose of this project was to develop a comprehensive reading comprehension and behavior intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in upper elementary and middle school who display adequate word reading skills and low reading comprehension. Prior research has found that many individuals with ASD have difficulties with reading comprehension and providing effective reading comprehension instruction is complicated by the unique and challenging behaviors often present fo...