Special Education Course FINAL RESEARCH PAPER

We have to write a 7 page APA format paper, nothing more nothing less or I lose two letter grades. This paper does not need a title page, name, date or NOTHING. It just needs a reference page with 10 peer-reviewed journal articles NO more than 15 years old on it and the reference page does NOT count in the 7 pages. I need 7 pages WRITTEN and the reference page will be the 8th page. I am going to link you ALL the information to this paper. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE BEGINNING THE PAPER! I am also going to put an EXAMPLE PAPER for you in the files section below. A student from his class wrote the example paper and received an A, so the professor wants everyone’s papers to look like that in order to receive an A. Also, I am going to provide a checklist for you. so after you complete the paper review the checklist to make sure you did EVERYTHING the professor wants. DO NOT Plagiarize!!!! He is going to upload this paper on turnitin so DO NOT plagiarize. Also, NO GRAMMAR MISTAKES! Professor takes off a lot of points for that! DO NOT ADD DIRECT QUOTES, ONLY PARAPHRASE! The professor will fail me if there is ANY direct quotes. Here is ALL the information about the paper (read carefully):

You will write a formal research paper. Formal means it is written in APA style.

You will not do a title page per APA or Running Head. FOLLOW THE STUDENT EXAMPLE EXACTLY. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN HEAVY POINT LOSS.

A well-written paper has some clear markers. First, it is well-organized (has an introduction, headings), is free of grammatical and punctuation errors (more than six will result in a point penalty of 20 points), and indicates that the writer read all the articles and succinctly reported the findings of the journal articles. NOTE: this paper does not have a conclusion. All good papers have a conclusion, but I felt that a conclusion took up too many lines.

Paper organization is as follows (same as student example):

Introduction

Reciprocating Social and Emotional Interaction (main heading)

Description (student example says “Definition, but it should be “Description”) of Social and Emotional Interaction (subheading)

Examples (subheading) Examples are plural so it means more than one example – stick with two examples.

Two Interventions to Improve Social and Emotional Interactions (subheading)

Here is where your journal articles will assist you. What are evidenced-based practices (found in peer-review journals) that address the problem of poor social and emotional interactions? When you do a search for peer-reviewed journal articles, type in “autism” and social and emotional interactions.” Select the journal articles that are fairly recent (nothing older than 15 years).

Problems Maintaining Relationships

Description of Problems Maintaining Relationships

Examples

Two Interventions to Improve Problems Maintaining Relationships

Nonverbal Communication Problems

Description of Nonverbal Communication Problems

Examples

Two Interventions to Improve Nonverbal Communication Problems

Stereotyped or Repetitive Play

Description of Stereotyped or Repetitive Play

Examples

Two Interventions to Improve Stereotyped or Repetitive Play

Excessive Adherence to Routines

Description of Adherence to Routines

Examples

Two Interventions to Improve Adherence to Routines Problem

Highly Restricted Interests

Description of Highly Restricted Interests

Examples

Two Interventions to Improve Highly Restricted Interests

Hyper or Hypo Sensory Issues

Description of Hyper or Hypo Sensory Issues

Examples

Two Interventions to Improve Hyper or Hypo Sensory Issues

References

Here is a summary of the DSM-V definition of autism and address each of the following criteria. This is where the headings for your paper are coming from:

• “Problems reciprocating social or emotional interaction, including difficulty establishing or maintaining back-and-forth conversations and interactions, inability to initiate an interaction, and problems with shared attention or sharing of emotions and interests with
• Severe problems maintaining relationships — ranges from lack of interest in other people to difficulties in pretend play and engaging in age-appropriate social activities, and problems adjusting to different social
• Nonverbal communication problems such as abnormal eye contact, posture, facial expressions, tone of voice and gestures, as well as an inability to understand

Two of the four symptoms related to restricted and repetitive behavior need to be present:

• Stereotyped or repetitive speech, motor movements or use of
• Excessive adherence to routines, ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior, or excessive resistance to highly restricted interests that are abnormal in intensity or
• Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment.”

SOURCE:

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental

disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596

WHAT IS A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLE?

IT IS NOT A BOOK!

IT IS NOT A WEBSITE!

IT IS NOT A MAGAZINE!

IT IS NOT A PODCAST!

IT IS NOT A NEWSPAPER!

IT IS NOT KNOWLEDGE YOU PICKED UP FROM A TEXTBOOK OR TRAINING COURSE!

HERE IS SOME INFORMATION FROM THE OVIATT LIBRARY ABOUT PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:

https://library.csun.edu/blogs/cited/tag/peer-reviewed-article/Links to an external site.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS AND HARVARD PRESS ARE NOT ALLOWABLE REFERENCES FOR THIS PAPER

HERE ARE SOME NAMES OF PEER-REVIEWED AUTISM JOURNALS:

http://www.researchautism.net/autism/autism-resour…

Peer-reviewed journals should not be more than 15 years old.

FOLLOW THE STUDENT EXAMPLE AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND BETTER AND RECEIVE A GOOD GRADE.

CHECKLIST:

1. Did you follow the student example (exactly)? FOLLOW IT!
2. Used APA citations and references that are error-free.
3. A Seven-page paper only. Do not turn in a paper that is less or more than 7 pages. Point deduction will result if your paper is not 7 pages. REFERENCE PAGES DO NOT COUNT AS PART OF PAGE NUMBER.
4. Ten references (only journal articles; do not use any books or web-based information-websites, Wikipedia, blogs, or your textbook).
5. No name, no titles, date, class, on the paper.
6. Typed, 12-point font, Times Roman
7. Double-spaced, one inch on all margins (top, bottom, left, and right).
8. Corrected spelling errors by using the spell check function. Incorrectly spelled words are underlined in
9. Did not skip lines when double-spacing. Be sure your line spacing is set to zero before and after paragraphs.
10. Used headings to organize the paper. See Canvas and student example for reference.
11. DO NOT USE DIRECT QUOTES – NO DIRECT QUOTES. PARAPHRASE.
12. Make sure you do the Turnitin function. Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero.
13. Uploaded to Canvas