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September 17, 2026Acta PsychologicaOpen Access

Education professionals' views on assessing and teaching attention skills in autistic pupils: a cross-national study

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LKL. KossyvakiELE. LaskarakiAAA. Alevriadou

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Overview

Cross-national survey reveals high valuation but low confidence regarding attention skills in autistic pupils among educators, highlighting critical gaps in professional training.

Key Points

  • To assess how education professionals across four countries perceive, assess, and teach attention skills in autistic pupils and evaluate their confidence in handling related difficulties.
  • Cross-national online survey administered to a cohort of N=674 education professionals working with autistic children.
  • Participants were recruited across four countries: the UK, Greece, Israel, and Spain.
  • Education professionals across all four countries rated attention skills as highly important for learning in autistic pupils, ranking them just behind communication and social difficulties.
  • Educators reported employing broadly similar techniques to assess and teach attention skills, though the extent of implementation varied across nations.
  • Professionals across all participating countries consistently reported low confidence in their knowledge regarding attention difficulties in autism.

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Kossyvaki et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aabb6445f706d05830e4ac4https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107794
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