Adults with developmental disabilities may not learn the safety skills needed to
maintain the safety of those within their communities. Basic life-saving skills are valued
by community members and increase independent and integrated living and employment
opportunities. This study used an instructional package consisting of modeling, task
analysis, and simultaneous prompting to teach college students with developmental
disabilities a basic life-saving skill, specifically how to perform cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) with the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Phase 1
of the study used the instructional package to teach the students to perform CPR. Once
mastered, Phase 2 of the study taught students to use an AED, incorporating it into the
CPR chain. Results showed that the students’ accuracy with the tasks increased after the
introduction of the instructional package, generalized to a novel environment, and
maintained once the instructional package was removed. Implications and future
research are discussed. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_40734 |
| Contributors | Kearney, Kelly B. (author), Dukes, Charles (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), College of Education, Department of Exceptional Student Education |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 72 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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