Online Video Training for Teachers to Improve Reading Skills in Children Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate , via a randomized control trial (RCT), the effectiveness of an online video training platform designed for teachers to support the improvement of basic reading skills of children with intellectual disabilities (ID) who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). This intervention will include 14 schools and 70 students with ID who require AAC age 6-14 years old. The research question is:

1\) What is the difference between online video training and in-person training on improving word-level readig skills and phonological awareness?

The students will work with a reading material, Reading for All, that follow the strategies of Accessible Literacy Learning, developed by Janice Light and David McNaughton. Reading for All is based on the research of Janice Light and David McNaughton. The reading material are adapted for AAC-users and the students can answer with pointing or their AAC-systems. Teachers will implement the instructions at the students familiar place at school for three to five days, each week, for a year.

The reading material consist of tasks in sound blending, letter-sound correspondence, phoneme segmentation, sight words, shared reading and decoding. The teachers will use evidence based, systematic and explicit instructions and immediate and corrective feedback

Conditions

• Autism
• Intellectual Disabilities

Interventions

OTHER

Online Video training for Teachers based on Reading for all

Reading intervention over a year for students with intellectual disabilities who use AAC. This study included teachers from 14 different schools and 8 municipalities and their students. It is two arms in the intervention, with approximately 7 schools and their teachers in "video training for teachers" and "in person mentoring for teachers". The schools are randomized into these two groups, but in both groups, they will carry out the same intervention. The students in both groups will work explicitly and systematically with the reading material "Reading for all", which is based on the research of, among others, Janice Light and David McNaughton, and their reading program "Accessible Literacy Learning (ALL)".

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of South-Eastern Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• Federal University of São Paulo

  collaborator OTHER

• Ostfold University College

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hugo Cogo Moreira, Professor · Ostfold University College

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

6 Years

Max Age

14 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-11-25

Primary Completion

2025-03-17

Completion

2026-03-18

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations