Child Watching: Determining the Quality of Handicapped Children's Social Interaction.

Autor/in	Herink, Nancy
Titel	Child Watching: Determining the Quality of Handicapped Children's Social Interaction.
Quelle	(1987), (15 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled); Affective Behavior; Classroom Observation Techniques; Disabilities; Interpersonal Competence; Mainstreaming; Peer Relationship; Preschool Education; Social Adjustment; Social Development; Student Behavior; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Handicap; Behinderung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Peer-Beziehungen; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Soziale Anpassung; Soziale Entwicklung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	The paper presents an observational system for use in evaluating preschool handicapped children's social integration in mainstreamed classrooms. An adaptation of LeBlanc, Etzel, and Tyler's observational system, this model also employs White's system of evaluating affective tone. The method entails choosing a handicapped child in a classroom and a nonhandicapped child in the same class who is similar in age, sex, race, and ethnic background. Each of these children's social exchanges is then observed and recorded on a prescribed form. In recording, distinctions are drawn between initiations and responses and between verbal and nonverbal exchanges. The interactants (peer, teacher, subject) are identified for each exchange and the quality of the affect of the exchanges are recorded as positive, negative, or neutral. When recording is completed, the material is analyzed by tabulating the total scores of the initiations, responses, mode of communication (verbal or nonverbal), and affective tone of behavior for both the handicapped and nonhandicapped children. A ratio of the amount and quality of the interactions by both children is determined by dividing data for the handicapped subject's behavior by data for the nonhandicapped subject. (VW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01