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Teaching safety skills to children with autism spectrum disorders: a comparison of strategies

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dc.contributor.advisor Scudder, Rosalind Regier en_US
dc.contributor.author Crumrine, Daiquirie
dc.date.accessioned 2007-04-29T12:18:15Z
dc.date.available 2007-04-29T12:18:15Z
dc.date.issued 2006-07
dc.identifier.other t06089
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10057/555
dc.description Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, College of Health Professions, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders. en
dc.description "July 2006." en
dc.description Includes bibliographic references (leaves 83-88) en
dc.description.abstract This study investigated the question, if children diagnosed with ASD who learned safety skills through traditional teaching methods transferred them to real world situations more effectively and efficiently than children who learned safety skills through VR strategies. Eight children diagnosed with ASD were selected for this study. Participants were randomly assigned to form two groups of four children each. Two training phases were used for each condition ("Teaching As Usual" and VR). Training sessions were conducted twice a week for a maximum time limit of 30 minutes per session. Training phases lasted for five weeks and included instruction on fire safety (Phase I) and tornado safety (Phase II). A generalization and maintenance phase followed the training phases to assess learned skills. Results indicated that training via VR was a more efficient means; however, when effectiveness was measured both groups appeared to yield similar results. en
dc.format.extent xi, 91 leaves: ill., digital, PDF file.
dc.format.extent 215531 bytes
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso en_US en
dc.rights Copyright Daiquirie Crumrine, 2006. All rights reserved. en
dc.subject Autistic children--Education en
dc.subject Special education en
dc.subject.lcsh Electronic dissertations en
dc.subject.lcsh Autistic children--Education en
dc.title Teaching safety skills to children with autism spectrum disorders: a comparison of strategies en
dc.type Thesis en

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