An Evaluation of a Social Skills Application for Children Who Are Homeless

Autor/inn/en	Baton, Emily; Crosland, Kimberly; Haynes, Rocky
Titel	An Evaluation of a Social Skills Application for Children Who Are Homeless
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 29 (2019) 3, S.323-332 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731517729038
Schlagwörter	Homeless People; Interpersonal Competence; Teaching Methods; Intervention; Program Descriptions; Program Evaluation; Handheld Devices; Computer Assisted Instruction; Skill Development; After School Programs; Elementary School Students; Validity; Social Behavior; Program Effectiveness; Behavior Problems; Nonprofit Organizations; Metropolitan Areas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Gültigkeit; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Nonprofit-Organisation; Ballungsraum
Abstract	Purpose: Homeless children are more likely to have social skills deficits relative to same aged peers and may benefit from a social skills intervention. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the Let's Be Social application with the addition of behavioral skills training (BST) to teach social skills to children who were homeless. Method: This study used a multiple baseline across behaviors design to evaluate the effects of the iPad application and BST for teaching three social skills to three participants. Results: Participants did not demonstrate increases in targeted social skills after the introduction of the application, but social skills did increase after BST was added. Conclusions: The findings suggest that the application needs to be paired with BST in order to see improvement and maintenance in social skills. Future downloadable applications might consider including features that are similar to BST to assist in teaching social skills. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01