Date Available
12-13-2016
Year of Publication
2016
Degree Name
Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Education
Department/School/Program
Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling
First Advisor
Dr. Justin Lane
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate how to maximize small group academic instruction by including opportunities for children to earn access to preferred items and activities by collaborating with a peer to earn tokens for correct behaviors, as well as opportunities for conversation around preferred items. A multiple probe design across dyads was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a PTD procedure for teaching young children to name novel sight words. In addition, the effects of an SLP procedure on conversation initiations and responses were assessed within the context of A-B designs. The results showed the PTD procedure was effective in teaching participants in Dyad 1 and Dyad 2 to name sight words. The SLP procedure was effective in increasing both conversation initiations and responses between trials for participants with typical social skills. Participants with social delays engaged in few conversation initiations, but displayed a high rate of responding to peer initiations.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2016.494
Recommended Citation
Winstead, Olivia N., "Promoting Collaboration and Conversation in Young Students with Academic and Social Delays During Small Group Instruction" (2016). Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education. 34.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsrc_etds/34
