Parent-school communication is a highly valued type of involvement for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but parents continue to report poor communication as a barrier to working with the schools on behalf of their children. Although sometimes informally addressed using school-home notes, no research has examined the effects of such home-school communication interventions for children with ASD. Using a multiple-baseline design, I evaluated the effectiveness of a school-home note and home-based contingent reinforcement in decreasing the off-task behavior of students with ASD at school. I also evaluated secondary effects on parent involvement and compared teacher-reported and researcher-reported data on changes in student behavior. Finally, I evaluated social validity to consider the feasibility and acceptability of this teacher- and parent-implemented intervention. With two demonstrations of effects based on both researcher-collected and teacher-collected data, I was unable to demonstrate a functional relation between the school-home note intervention and reductions in studentsâ off-task behavior. Parents and teachers also did not report quantitative changes in involvement. However, parents and teachers reported high social validity for the school-home note and home-based contingent reinforcement. Implications for practice and future research, as well as limitations are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-07072016-103404 |
| Date | 08 July 2016 |
| Creators | Goldman, Samantha E |
| Contributors | Elisabeth M. Dykens, Blair P. Lloyd, Erin E. Barton, Robert M. Hodapp |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07072016-103404/ |
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