List of Publications
There are numbers of autism related research can be found in Malaysia that generally focus on the ASD, learning disorder, communication aids, therapy and many more. The list of publications is provided below:
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2020 |
Djatmika, ; Wibowo, A H; Sugini, ; Halim, H; Mohamad, B Multimodal strategies in teaching children with autism: A discourse analysis Journal Article Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy, 11 (2), pp. 219-229, 2020, ISSN: 09758453, (cited By 0). Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Article, Autism, Body Movement, Children, Discourse Analysis, Gesture, Human, Language, Loudness, Nonverbal Communication, Paralanguage, Priority Journal, Standing, Strategic Planning, Students, Teacher, Teaching, Verbal Behaviour, Verbal Communication @article{Djatmika2020219, title = {Multimodal strategies in teaching children with autism: A discourse analysis}, author = {Djatmika and A H Wibowo and Sugini and H Halim and B Mohamad}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85081273665&doi=10.5530%2fsrp.2020.2.34&partnerID=40&md5=598f159688f9329625ae19d12e489ff9}, doi = {10.5530/srp.2020.2.34}, issn = {09758453}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-01-01}, journal = {Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy}, volume = {11}, number = {2}, pages = {219-229}, publisher = {EManuscript Technologies}, abstract = {The process of teaching and learning involving children with autism requires teachers to be creative in designing special and effective strategies to ensure students' understanding. This is due to the fact that these children have problems in communicating with others, thus need special attention from the teachers. The present research hopes to further understand the needs of these children by examining strategies undertaken by teachers at the Schools for Exceptional Children and Autism Centers in Solo citywhich assist children with autism. Five classes were observed and recorded audio-visually. Data representing the aspects of verbal behaviors, non verbal behaviors, and teaching aids exploitation were collected. Results show that the condition of autism children is a primary influence on the strategy in exploiting multimodal aspects. Thus, teachers must design different approaches in transferring knowledge to these children. In general, teachers always perform verbal exploitation in collaboration with the nonverbal aspects such asfacial gestures, body movements, standing positions, and paralinguistic resources such as intonation and loudness. The study also found thatout the five classes being studied, two classes were supported by an effective use of teaching aids. The findings contributed towards a better understanding for teachers and parents of the needs of autism children during the teaching and learning process. © Advanced Scientific Research. All rights reserved.}, note = {cited By 0}, keywords = {Article, Autism, Body Movement, Children, Discourse Analysis, Gesture, Human, Language, Loudness, Nonverbal Communication, Paralanguage, Priority Journal, Standing, Strategic Planning, Students, Teacher, Teaching, Verbal Behaviour, Verbal Communication}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The process of teaching and learning involving children with autism requires teachers to be creative in designing special and effective strategies to ensure students' understanding. This is due to the fact that these children have problems in communicating with others, thus need special attention from the teachers. The present research hopes to further understand the needs of these children by examining strategies undertaken by teachers at the Schools for Exceptional Children and Autism Centers in Solo citywhich assist children with autism. Five classes were observed and recorded audio-visually. Data representing the aspects of verbal behaviors, non verbal behaviors, and teaching aids exploitation were collected. Results show that the condition of autism children is a primary influence on the strategy in exploiting multimodal aspects. Thus, teachers must design different approaches in transferring knowledge to these children. In general, teachers always perform verbal exploitation in collaboration with the nonverbal aspects such asfacial gestures, body movements, standing positions, and paralinguistic resources such as intonation and loudness. The study also found thatout the five classes being studied, two classes were supported by an effective use of teaching aids. The findings contributed towards a better understanding for teachers and parents of the needs of autism children during the teaching and learning process. © Advanced Scientific Research. All rights reserved. |
2017 |
Raja, P; Saringat, M Z; Mustapha, A; Zainal, A 226 (1), Institute of Physics Publishing, 2017, ISSN: 17578981, (cited By 0). Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agile Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Brain, Development Activity, Digital Representations, Diseases, Education, Instant Messaging, Learning, Mobile Applications, Verbal Communication @conference{Raja2017, title = {Prospect: A Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)-based Instant Messaging Application for Autism Spectrum Condition}, author = {P Raja and M Z Saringat and A Mustapha and A Zainal}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028640453&doi=10.1088%2f1757-899X%2f226%2f1%2f012088&partnerID=40&md5=06b8f5c7d5f5ee64b938b4aea1adfe51}, doi = {10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012088}, issn = {17578981}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-01-01}, journal = {IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering}, volume = {226}, number = {1}, publisher = {Institute of Physics Publishing}, abstract = {Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC) has widely gained the common attention from the public especially autistic communities. Individuals with ASC are said to have poor verbal skills and this affects them in carrying out their daily basis which they are afraid to expose themselves to the world due to their problems. ASC is diagnosed among children ranging from ages 5-12 years old and they suffer from the abnormal functioning of the brain which in turn causes lack of development activities. Thus, studies have shown that diagrammatic approaches help children with ASC to overcome their issues and improvise their visual and verbal skills. Picture Exchange Communication System or PECS consists of a series of illustrated cards and each cards has its own illustration with a caption on it. These children will understand the cards and they can compile several other cards to form sentences. This paper presents a mobile application called the Prospect, which has been developed using the agile development model for digital representation of PECS. The application is hoped to enhance the learning process and a better yielding results. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.}, note = {cited By 0}, keywords = {Agile Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Brain, Development Activity, Digital Representations, Diseases, Education, Instant Messaging, Learning, Mobile Applications, Verbal Communication}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {conference} } Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASC) has widely gained the common attention from the public especially autistic communities. Individuals with ASC are said to have poor verbal skills and this affects them in carrying out their daily basis which they are afraid to expose themselves to the world due to their problems. ASC is diagnosed among children ranging from ages 5-12 years old and they suffer from the abnormal functioning of the brain which in turn causes lack of development activities. Thus, studies have shown that diagrammatic approaches help children with ASC to overcome their issues and improvise their visual and verbal skills. Picture Exchange Communication System or PECS consists of a series of illustrated cards and each cards has its own illustration with a caption on it. These children will understand the cards and they can compile several other cards to form sentences. This paper presents a mobile application called the Prospect, which has been developed using the agile development model for digital representation of PECS. The application is hoped to enhance the learning process and a better yielding results. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. |
2014 |
Pillai, D; Sheppard, E; Ropar, D; Marsh, L; Pearson, A; Mitchell, P Using other minds as a window onto the world: Guessing what happened from clues in behaviour Journal Article Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (10), pp. 2430-2439, 2014, ISSN: 01623257, (cited By 17). Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Adolescent, Adult, Article, Autism, Child Development Disorders, Children, Clinical Article, Cognition, Controlled Study, Eye Movement, Eye Tracking, Facial Expression, Gaze, Human, Intelligence Quotient, Male, Measurement Accuracy, Mouth, Pathophysiology, Pervasive, Physiology, Psychological Aspect, Psychology, Retrodiction, Task Performance, Theory of Mind, Verbal Communication, Video Recording, Videotape Recording, Young Adult @article{Pillai20142430, title = {Using other minds as a window onto the world: Guessing what happened from clues in behaviour}, author = {D Pillai and E Sheppard and D Ropar and L Marsh and A Pearson and P Mitchell}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84912053354&doi=10.1007%2fs10803-014-2106-x&partnerID=40&md5=c3396f6f468e37e253c657f998993859}, doi = {10.1007/s10803-014-2106-x}, issn = {01623257}, year = {2014}, date = {2014-01-01}, journal = {Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders}, volume = {44}, number = {10}, pages = {2430-2439}, publisher = {Springer New York LLC}, abstract = {It has been proposed that mentalising involves retrodicting as well as predicting behaviour, by inferring previous mental states of a target. This study investigated whether retrodiction is impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Participants watched videos of real people reacting to the researcher behaving in one of four possible ways. Their task was to decide which of these four ‘‘scenarios’’ each person responded to. Participants’ eye movements were recorded. Participants with ASD were poorer than comparison participants at identifying the scenario to which people in the videos were responding. There were no group differences in time spent looking at the eyes or mouth. The findings imply those with ASD are impaired in using mentalising skills for retrodiction. © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014.}, note = {cited By 17}, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Article, Autism, Child Development Disorders, Children, Clinical Article, Cognition, Controlled Study, Eye Movement, Eye Tracking, Facial Expression, Gaze, Human, Intelligence Quotient, Male, Measurement Accuracy, Mouth, Pathophysiology, Pervasive, Physiology, Psychological Aspect, Psychology, Retrodiction, Task Performance, Theory of Mind, Verbal Communication, Video Recording, Videotape Recording, Young Adult}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } It has been proposed that mentalising involves retrodicting as well as predicting behaviour, by inferring previous mental states of a target. This study investigated whether retrodiction is impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Participants watched videos of real people reacting to the researcher behaving in one of four possible ways. Their task was to decide which of these four ‘‘scenarios’’ each person responded to. Participants’ eye movements were recorded. Participants with ASD were poorer than comparison participants at identifying the scenario to which people in the videos were responding. There were no group differences in time spent looking at the eyes or mouth. The findings imply those with ASD are impaired in using mentalising skills for retrodiction. © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. |
2011 |
Freeth, M; Ropar, D; Mitchell, P; Chapman, P; Loher, S Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41 (3), pp. 364-371, 2011, ISSN: 01623257, (cited By 21). Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Adolescent, Article, Association, Attention, Autism, Child Development Disorders, Children, Clinical Article, Controlled Study, Cues, Emotion, Eye Fixation, Eye Movement, Eye Tracking, Female, Gaze, Human, Intelligence Quotient, Male, Mental Function, Mental Health, Perception, Pervasive, Photic Stimulation, Photostimulation, Priority Journal, Psychological Aspect, School Child, Social Aspect, Social Perception, Stimulus Response, Verbal Communication, Vision, Visual Perception, Visual Stimulation @article{Freeth2011364, title = {Brief report: How adolescents with ASD process social information in complex scenes. Combining evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions}, author = {M Freeth and D Ropar and P Mitchell and P Chapman and S Loher}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79956006659&doi=10.1007%2fs10803-010-1053-4&partnerID=40&md5=35b5c8dd813f7eab2963b27081f11e78}, doi = {10.1007/s10803-010-1053-4}, issn = {01623257}, year = {2011}, date = {2011-01-01}, journal = {Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders}, volume = {41}, number = {3}, pages = {364-371}, abstract = {We investigated attention, encoding and processing of social aspects of complex photographic scenes. Twenty-four high-functioning adolescents (aged 11-16) with ASD and 24 typically developing matched control participants viewed and then described a series of scenes, each containing a person. Analyses of eye movements and verbal descriptions provided converging evidence that both groups displayed general interest in the person in each scene but the salience of the person was reduced for the ASD participants. Nevertheless, the verbal descriptions revealed that participants with ASD frequently processed the observed person's emotion or mental state without prompting. They also often mentioned eye-gaze direction, and there was evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions that gaze was followed accurately. The combination of evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions provides a rich insight into the way stimuli are processed overall. The merits of using these methods within the same paradigm are discussed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010.}, note = {cited By 21}, keywords = {Adolescent, Article, Association, Attention, Autism, Child Development Disorders, Children, Clinical Article, Controlled Study, Cues, Emotion, Eye Fixation, Eye Movement, Eye Tracking, Female, Gaze, Human, Intelligence Quotient, Male, Mental Function, Mental Health, Perception, Pervasive, Photic Stimulation, Photostimulation, Priority Journal, Psychological Aspect, School Child, Social Aspect, Social Perception, Stimulus Response, Verbal Communication, Vision, Visual Perception, Visual Stimulation}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } We investigated attention, encoding and processing of social aspects of complex photographic scenes. Twenty-four high-functioning adolescents (aged 11-16) with ASD and 24 typically developing matched control participants viewed and then described a series of scenes, each containing a person. Analyses of eye movements and verbal descriptions provided converging evidence that both groups displayed general interest in the person in each scene but the salience of the person was reduced for the ASD participants. Nevertheless, the verbal descriptions revealed that participants with ASD frequently processed the observed person's emotion or mental state without prompting. They also often mentioned eye-gaze direction, and there was evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions that gaze was followed accurately. The combination of evidence from eye movements and verbal descriptions provides a rich insight into the way stimuli are processed overall. The merits of using these methods within the same paradigm are discussed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010. |