ERIC Number: EJ1302885
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr
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Using Social Stories™ on the iPad to Improve Classroom Behavior for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study
Bordoff-Gerken, Samantha; Asaro-Saddler, Kristie
Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, v10 n1 Apr 2021
Reviews of the literature have confirmed that Social Stories™ can be an effective intervention for individuals with ASD. Recently, researchers have begun to investigate the presentation of Social Stories™ using technology, with results suggesting that Social Stories™ presented through technology are a promising avenue for practice and research. In this study, a multiple baseline across participants design was used with four male 7-9 year old students with ASD to determine whether an iPad-based Social Story™ would decrease the number of teacher redirects required by the participants in order to attend to a group lesson. Effect sizes were calculated using PND, PEM, and Tau-U. Results of these analyses generally indicated that overall that the intervention was effective, with the exception of PND for three participants; all other effect sizes indicate an effective or very effective treatment for all participants. Results indicate that iPad-based Social Stories™ can help decreasing the number of redirects required for students with ASD to attend to a group lesson.
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Story Telling, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Males, Instructional Effectiveness, Attention, Student Behavior, Children, Motor Development, Cognitive Ability, Young Children
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of Nonverbal Intelligence; Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test; Behavior Assessment System for Children; Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
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