Improving academic outcomes by moderating anxiety in children with autism

该项目旨在调查自闭症儿童的焦虑和学业促进因素之间的联系。作为一个群体，这些孩子目前的学习成绩低于同龄人，这对他们未来的社会和经济福利有影响。缺乏改善教育成果的有效干预措施。该项目将调查自闭症患者普遍存在的焦虑如何影响学生的态度和行为，从而促进学生参与课堂教学并从中受益。研究结果旨在为开发适合服务提供者使用的干预措施提供证据基础，以提高自闭症儿童的学习成绩。

The project aims to investigate links between anxiety and academic enablers for children with autism. As a group, these children are currently achieving at lower rates than their peers, with implications for their future social and economic wellbeing. Effective interventions to improve educational outcomes are lacking. This project will investigate how anxiety, a commonly occurring condition in autism, impacts attitudes and behaviours that facilitate students’ participation in and ability to benefit from academic instruction in the classroom. Findings are intended to provide an evidence base for the development of an intervention suitable for use by service providers to increase academic achievement in children with autism.