碩士 / 國立東華大學 / 特殊教育學系 / 100 / The effects of social skill teaching on the communication behaviors of students with visual impairments were evaluated in this study. The single-subject, multiple probe across three settings, with social skill teaching as the independent variable and the numbers of various communication behaviors as dependent variables. The study subjects were two students with visual impairments study in elementary school. Behavioral data were collected during baseline, intervention , and maintenance phases. Visual analysis and time series Cstatistics were used to evaluate the effects of social skill teaching on the subjects in terms of communication behaviors. The effects of other observational data , as well as the social validity of the interview data were also analyzed.
The major findings of this study are:
1. The number of communication behaviors of the tested subjects increased significantly after social skill teaching.
2. The numbers of various communication behaviors were maintained with social skill teaching.
3. Social skill teaching also showed promising signs on improving other communication behaviors. Improvements on the willingness of active communications were observed on one of the subjects. On another subject, language imitation improved.
4. Parents and teachers confirmed that social skill teaching could improve the communication ability of the Students with Visual Impairments. Keys to the success of communication improvement include the creation of a natural learning environment, the use of contextual and living teaching, systematic teaching strategies, and the effective uses of reinforcement systems.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/100NDHU5284027 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Sheng-Wei Wang, 王聖維 |
| Contributors | Sophie Chien-Huey Chang, 張千惠 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 100 |
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