Few studies have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of social stories. Studies conducted to date have combined social stories with other intervention tactics, such as behavioral supports, picture prompts, and video modeling. They have found these social stories therapy packages effective in teaching alternatives to challenging behaviors. This experiment investigated the effects of social stories written according to Gray (1998) to address problem behaviors that are not being addressed by other interventions for three children with autism. On-task behavior increased following implementation of the social story intervention. Providing a pictorial version of the social story resulted in further improvement in on-task behavior for one participant and may have facilitated maintenance for the second participant. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Communication Disorders in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester, 2005. / June 20, 2005. / Social Stories, Visual Auditory Support Systems, Autism / Includes bibliographical references. / Howard Goldstein, Professor Directing Thesis; Monica Delano, Outside Committee Member; Juliann Woods, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175854 |
| Contributors | Bell, Naomi Jean (authoraut), Goldstein, Howard (professor directing thesis), Delano, Monica (outside committee member), Woods, Juliann (committee member), School of Communication Science and Disorders (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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