Does Using Children's Literature and Social Stories Help Students With Autism to Decrease Inappropriate Behaviors?

The purpose of the study was to determine whether inappropriate behaviors in studentswith autism can be decreased through children’s literature and Social Stories that address the behaviors. The research question guiding this study was, “Does using children’s literature and Social Stories help students with autism to decrease inappropriate behaviors?”The study’s participant was one third-grade student with autism. The study took placeover four weeks. During the first week, the researcher observed the student in his classroomsetting to establish a baseline of the student’s behavior. The researcher read the stories with the student twice a week over three weeks. The researcher went into the student’s school two days a week for one hour. The stories were read with the student for 10 minutes and then a 50-minute observation followed. Qualitative data were collected through observations. Quantitative data collection included counting the opportunities the student had to engage in the inappropriate behavior and the amount of times he did engage in the inappropriate behavior. This number was converting it to a percentage.The student steadily decreased the number of times he engaged in the inappropriate targeted behavior after beginning interventions. The percent of time the student engaged in the behavior provided evidence of the connection. Overall, the data support that there was a decrease in the inappropriate targeted behavior over four weeks by reading Social Stories and children’s literature stories to the student.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Education (MEd)

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Reading

Grantor dc:publisher

Bowling Green State University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Begue, Whitney

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hendricks, Cindy

• Reading Instruction
• Education
• Autism
• Social Stories
• Children's literature
• Reading
• Inappropriate behaviors

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363355317

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:bgsu1363355317