A Sosh iPad Application Intervention: Social Skills and Students Diagnosed with High Functioning Autism (HFA)

Autor/in	Weeks, Nancy Anne
Titel	A Sosh iPad Application Intervention: Social Skills and Students Diagnosed with High Functioning Autism (HFA)
Quelle	(2017), (157 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Wilkes University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3555-1341-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Handheld Devices; Computer Oriented Programs; Intervention; Interpersonal Competence; Autism; Public Schools; Students; Pretests Posttests; Rating Scales; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Computerprogramm; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Autismus; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rating-Skala; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the effect of a 4-week, school-based, Sosh iPad application intervention on the social skills inventory of participants diagnosed with High Functioning Autism (HFA). The intervention implementation took place during a 4-week period at two separate public school districts within the Northeastern United States. Using a two-group pretest and posttest design, the Social Skills Assessment-Teacher Rating Form, a subscale of the Stone's TRIAD Social Skills Assessment (TSSA) Second Edition, was administered to assess the social skills of students diagnosed with HFA as pretest. The treatment group then participated in a 4-week Sosh iPad application intervention consisting of five one-hour sessions per week. Both the control group and the treatment group were exposed to their regular curriculum, assessments, and assignments. None of the educators had used Sosh prior to this research. Following the completion of the 4-week intervention, the posttest was administered utilizing the same TRIAD Social Skills Assessment (TSSA) Teacher Rating Form. Results were determined utilizing descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney two-sample rank-sum tests, and Wilcoxon signed rank tests to analyze the data. The effect of Sosh on student social skills was not found to be statistically significant on the social skills of students diagnosed with HFA. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01