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Thursday, 27 November 2025

ANÁLISIS COMPARATIVO DE LOS MODELOS DE ENSEÑANZA-APRENDIZAJE EN ESTUDIANTES CON TRASTORNO DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA




En B. Silva et al. XVIII Congresso Internacional de Psicopedagogía, 2025 (pp. 2083-2092). Braga (Portugal): Centro de Investigação em Educação, do Instituto de Educação, da Universidade do Minho  Universidade do Mihno.

Manuel Ojea Rúa


Resumen 

Conceptualmente, el trastorno del espectro autista (TEA) se define como una discapacidad relacionada con las alteraciones del neurodesarrollo, en relación con la vía de transmisión de la información a nivel cerebral, a través del sistema funcional del ácido gamma- aminobutírico o sistema GABAérgico, que es observado conductualmente a través de déficits manifiestos en el ámbito de la comunicación, la interacción social y los comportamientos repetitivos y restrictivos, como así está recogido por la Clasificación Internacional de las Enfermedades: DSM-5 (Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría (APA), 2013). La tasa prevalente, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, se sitúa alrededor de 1/44 personas nacidas, en una proporción de 4 hombres por 1.5 mujeres. Pues bien, con el fin de analizar si existen diferencias significativas en la adquisición de competencias cognoscitivas y el desarrollo de las habilidades complejas cognitivas en los estudiantes con TEA, el diseño de esta investigación se ha basado en la realización de 30 encuestas en centros educativos regulares (N= 30), en los cuales se escolarizan estudiantes con TEA. Los datos han sido analizados mediante la prueba comparativa no paramétrica U de Mann-Wihtney. Las conclusiones indican que los estudiantes con TEA, que han seguido un modelo basado en proyectos cooperativos, mejoran sensiblemente en el ámbito psico- social y educativo, en relación con sus pares que han continuado una enseñanza tradicional de tipo magistral. Palabras- clave: Trastorno del espectro autista, desarrollo curricular, cognición, análisis relacional. 

Abstract 

Conceptually, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is made up of a disability regarding to neurodevelopmental disorders, relationship with the transmission pathway of information at brain level, through the functional system of gamma-aminobutyric acid or GABAergic system, which is observed through manifest deficits in the field of communication, social interaction and restrictive behaviours, as it´s included in the International Classification of Diseases: DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2013), whose prevalence, according Center for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1/44 persons born has been reported with a ratio of 4 males to 1.5 females. In this research, in seeking to observe whether there're significant differences regarding the acquisition of cognitive competences and the development of complex cognitive abilities in students with ASD, the research design based on 30 interviews in regular educational centres (N=30), where students with ASD are schooled. Data found tested using the non-parametric Mann-Wihtney U Test. Conclusions indicate that students with ASD, who have followed a cooperative project-based model, improve significantly in the psycho-social and educational domains, regarding to their peers who have received a traditional master class teaching. Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder, curriculum development, cognition, relational analysis. 



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Tuesday, 28 October 2025

LIBRO: MI PEQUEÑO HÁMSTER Y YO. UNA HISTORIA PERSONAL FASCINANTE

 

MI PEQUEÑO HÁMSTER Y YO. UNA HISTORIA PERSONAL FASCINANTE



Aunque el manual va dirigido a todas las personas, que le guste la lectura, el libro constituye una narrativa, en relación con los acontecimientos, que vive Dani, un niño con autismo, su forma de percibir la información y actuar en el mundo, a partir de sus características peculiares. Para ello, el manual se halla estructurado en 32 Capítulos complementados con imágenes relacionadas, con el fin de facilitar la creación de nodos neurales en los niños con autismo y éstos puedan facilitar la comprensión semántica de su lectura.

 


 


 

 

ISBN: 979-13-7012-993-4

DEPÓSITO LEGAL: AL6280-2025

Ojea, M. (2025. Mi pequeño Hámster y Yo. Una historia personal fascinante. ISBN: 979-13-70-12-993-4. DEPÓSITO LEGAL: AL 6280-2025. Unión Europea: Ediciones LETRAME. www.LETRAME.com



Wednesday, 22 October 2025

EL DESARROLLO DE LA CONECTIVIDAD NEURONAL EN PERSONAS CON AUTISMO. BREVE INTRODUCCIÓN AL PROGRAMA DE DESARROLLO DE LOS PROCESOS COGNITIVOS SUPERIORES


Manuel Ojea Rúa

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La Región 22/19/2025, Xornal Escolar, p. 8



Friday, 29 August 2025

PRESENTACIÓN DEL TEST PARA LA EVALUACIÓN DE PERSONAS CON TRASTORNOS DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA EP-PC-TEA

 XVIII CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL GALEGO- PORTUGUÊS DE PSICOPEDAGOGIA

PRESENTACIÓN DEL TEST PARA LA EVALUACIÓN DE PERSONAS CON TRASTORNOS DEL ESPECTRO AUTISTA EP-PC-TEA 

La presentación tedrá lugar el día 3 de setiembre de 2025, a las 19 horas, en la Universidade do Minho (Braga- Portugal).






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Miguel Ángel Pinto: mapperu@outlook.com

SINOPSIS:

La Escala de Precisión Diagnóstica Perceptivo- Cognitiva- Conductual del Trastorno del Espectro Autista permite complementar el análisis del diagnóstico del autismo, a través de la medida de las variables que conforman el procesamiento neuropsicológico de la información humano, con el fin de evitar los elevados errores del diagnóstico del TEA existentes en la actualidad, derivados de análisis unilateral del componente criterial conductual de las actuales Escalas tradicionales. La baremación empírica de la Escala, realizada para N= 75, ha permitido obtener una fiabilidad estadística del Alpha de Cronbach medio superior al.91 en las diez dimensiones que conforman la Escala: 1) comprensión, 2) significantes, 3) categorías conceptuales, 4) relaciones- nodos neurales, 5) relaciones intercategoriales, 6) recuperación semántica, 7) interacción social, 8) comunicación social, 9) comportamientos estereotipados, y 10) comportamientos restrictivos. El cálculo estadístico de las diez dimensiones se ha agrupado en torno a tres grandes categorías del análisis: 1) procesamiento perceptivocognitivo, 2) interacción social, y 3) comportamiento. Los análisis concluyentes indican que la categoría del procesamiento explica el 88.52 de la varianza total explicativa acumulada, mientras que la categoría social el 10.19% y el comportamiento el restante 1.28, lo cual demuestra la importancia del análisis del factor dimensional perceptivo- cognitivo para poder establecer con seguridad los percentiles medios que permiten realizar una conclusión diagnóstica relativa a cada nivel de TEA, de acuerdo con los niveles elaborados por la clasificación internacional de la Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría DSM-5 (APA, 2013).

Friday, 15 August 2025

THE BENEFITS OF COOPERATIVE TEACHING APPLIED THROUGH PROJECTS TO IMPROVE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

 


The Benefits of Cooperative Teaching Applied Through Projects to Improve Learning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

PhD Manuel Ojea Rúa

 
https://ijcsrr.org/single-view/?id=23781&pid=23653
DOI: https://ijcsrr.org/single-view/?id=23781&pid=23653


Abstract:

People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterised by severe limitations in nodal connectivity of information, which can involve some or several levels of the neuropsychological information processing system to various degrees. For this reason, in besides treating behaviours formally expressed by international classifications, it´s necessary to apply programmes to facilitate functional connectivity and fluidity over knowledge processing, in this sense, the cooperative project-based method can help neural networks interact and support the perception and subsequent processing of information.

A total of 10 participants took part in this study, divided into two groups of 5 students each. One of the groups included a student with level 1 ASD (n: 5). All students belong to the same class and are studying all subjects corresponding to first grade of secondary education. Results confirmed the hypothesis that project-based work in small cooperative groups is effective, with all students showing improvement compared to the other two didactic methods implemented: practical and expository. Moreover, it was also observed that the group in which the student with ASD participates has not impaired the knowledge process, but, on the contrary, provides benefits that exceed the second group of exclusively neurotypical students (n: 5) in the statistics applied.

Keywords:

Autism spectrum disorder, Cooperative Learning, genetics and nodal relationships, perceptual-cognitive processing, project work.


Wednesday, 28 May 2025

DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OF FOUR TEACHING- LEARNING MODELS APPLYING TO STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

 International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)


Por Manuel Ojea (2025)

Differential Analysis of Four Teaching-Learning Models Applying to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI), Volume 14 Issue 5 || May 2025 || PP. 164-171. ISSN (Online): 2319 – 7722, ISSN (Print): 2319 – 7714. www.ijhssi.org

https://www.ijhssi.org/vol14-issue5.html

https://www.ijhssi.org/papers/vol14(5)/1405164171.pdf


ABSTRACT

Conceptually, autism spectrum disorder is shaped a disability linked to neurodevelopmental developmental disorders, regarding to the information transmission through the functional system of gamma-aminobutyric acid or GABAergic system, which is observed throughout deficits in the communication area, social interaction and restrictive behaviours, as defined by the International Classification of Diseases (DSM-5) of the American Psychiatric Association (2013) (APA). This study analyzed the implementation of greater or lesser intensity in applying regarding four teaching-learning models will be able encourage the overall development of this diagnostic group. Results showed that educational models based on projects, through the higher intensity of cooperative learning among peers, combined with a partial support process, increased the cognitive and curricular development of this population, which, in fact, was observed in the critical levels of significance tested through Kruskal-Wallis Test analysis.

KEY WORDS: 

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Educational Models, Deductive and Relational Abilities, Mechanical and Meaningful Memory.


Saturday, 22 March 2025

BEHAVIOURAL IMPROVEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

 


 Behavioural Improvement of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Language, Literature and Education: Research Updates Vol. 2, 20 March 2025 , Page 117-136
https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/lleru/v2/4016


Abstract
People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are defined by the International Classification of Mental Disorders. The basic aim of this study is to prove whether an integrated psycho-pedagogical program, structured in accordance with the psychosocial and educational mediation model, would lead to greater behavioural and educational action training in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The program has basically focused on psycho-cyto-cognitive mediation criteria, based on the progressive creation of neural networks and connections between information and acquired behaviours according to the particular needs of people with ASD selected according to the basic competencies initially assessed. An experimental research design on three measures has been based, on one pre-test (I), and two post-tests (II-III) was realized. A total of 14 children with ASD participated in the intervention program specific ad hoc applied for two years. Results found through comparative analysis Friedman Test and Multivariate Tests Within- Subjects Effects, showed that the intensive intervention improved children´s behaviour and their functional adaptation to the context and, in conclusion, social life and inclusion improved. More experiments and larger data sets will be needed however the indications are there that a collective learning environment needs to be created, therefore this is a very timely paper. This can be tested further. In conclusion, the integrated program can be considered an effective intervention to promote the development of social skills.
Keywords: 
  • Spectrum disorder
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  • behaviour skills
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  • social abilities
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  • social mediation
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  • neural networks.

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Wednesday, 29 January 2025

CLAVES PSICONEUROLÓGICAS PARA EL DESARROLLO EN PERSONAS CON AUTISMO

Elementos- clave para desarrollar relaciones cognitivas entre la información entrante y el contenido previo en personas con trastorno del espectro autista para facilitar el desarrollo del aprendizaje (publicado en en el Xornal EscolarLa Región, 29-01-2025).


NEXOS PSICONEUROLÓGICOS PARA EL APRENDIZAJE EN PERSONAS CON TEA


Localización oficial del Instituto de Investivación Científica en Autismo (G-44568509).

TEST DE DIAGNÓSTICO DEL AUTISMO

  ESCALA DE DIAGNÓSTICO DEL AUTISMO (VERSIÓN INGLÉS ) BP INTERNATIONAL: India and United Kigndom, February, 2026. Description Currently, dia...