Using Paraprofessionals to Teach Social Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the General Education Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Mazurik-Charles, Rebecca; Stefanou, Candice
Titel	Using Paraprofessionals to Teach Social Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the General Education Classroom
Quelle	In: Journal of Instructional Psychology, 37 (2010) 2, S.161-169 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-1956
Schlagwörter	Intervention; General Education; Autism; Elementary Education; Interpersonal Competence; Investigations; Psychology; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Research; Paraprofessional Personnel; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Autismus; Elementarunterricht; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Untersuchung; Psychologie; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Forschung; Laienhelfer; USA
Abstract	This study is an investigation of whether social skills training provided by paraprofessionals to elementary grade children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in both partially and fully included classrooms can result in perceived gains in social skills as measured by teacher ratings. Results showed that several areas of social responsiveness noticeably improved as a result of the intervention in the short run; however, sustained improvement was difficult to detect. This study extends the research on the development of social skills among children with ASD by examining perceptions of social responsiveness rather than noting how often the children engaged in prosocial behaviors. It further extends the research by studying the efficacy of using trained paraprofessionals to deliver the intervention inconspicuously in the child's general education classroom. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10