Use of Peer-Training and Social Stories™ to Increase Interactions and Prosocial Behaviors of General Education Students Toward Their Peers with Autism

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dc.contributor.advisorBoutot, E. Amanda
dc.contributor.authorNickel, Delores M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLangerock, Nancy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDuchaine, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-14T16:45:44Z
dc.date.available2014-04-14T16:45:44Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.description.abstractMany elementary schools in Central Texas are moving toward full inclusion into the mainstream general education classroom for children with autism. Research has been conducted on the social integration process and strategies utilized to accommodate these students and assist them with the learning of proper social behaviors necessary to socialize with others. This study examined the use of Social Stories™ and the effects they have on the social behaviors of students with autism in a full-inclusion elementary school classroom through the use of peer-training by the general education students. This study examined how the use of Social Stories™ with general education students assisted in the increase of social interactions and initiation of play as well as prosocial behaviors in response to personal space toward their peers with autism. The study took place in a first grade classroom in Central Texas. Observations took place within a full-inclusion classroom with three general education students, two boys and one girl, and a peer with autism. The study was conducted over a four-week period of time with observations made by two Texas State University graduate students.
dc.description.departmentCurriculum and Instruction
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent48 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationNickel, D. M. (2014). <i>Use of peer-training and Social Stories™ to increase interactions and prosocial behaviors of general education students toward their peers with autism</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4949
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectInclusion
dc.subjectSocial Stories™
dc.subjectAutism
dc.subjectSocial behaviors
dc.subjectGeneral education students
dc.subject.lcshStorytelling in educationen_US
dc.subject.lcshSpecial educationen_US
dc.subject.lcshChildren with autism spectrum disordersen_US
dc.titleUse of Peer-Training and Social Stories™ to Increase Interactions and Prosocial Behaviors of General Education Students Toward Their Peers with Autism
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentCurriculum and Instruction
thesis.degree.disciplineElementary Education
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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