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Incorporating Special Interests into Task Analyses and Story Problems to Increase Accurate Responding for a Child with Autism.

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2017, Master of Education, Ohio State University, Educational Studies.
According to the DSM-V, one common characteristic of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the frequent engagement in repetitive and restricted interests. Over time, the continuous fixation on these restricted interests may impede on valuable learning opportunities throughout the school day. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of incorporating restricted interests (herein after referred as “special interests”) into mathematical story problems and the task analyses used during instruction to increase the overall accuracy and decrease interresponse time (IRT) between the steps of the task analyses for an elementary school age girl with ASD. A multiple baseline design across mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, and multiplication) was employed to examine the effectiveness of this intervention. The results demonstrate that incorporating the special interests into the story problems and task analyses significantly increased the participant’s accuracy, however, it did not decrease her IRT. The participant’s mother and paraprofessional reported they would implement this type of intervention in the future. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Helen Malone (Advisor)
Mathew Brock (Committee Member)
65 p.

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  • Huffman, B. W. (2017). Incorporating Special Interests into Task Analyses and Story Problems to Increase Accurate Responding for a Child with Autism. [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503010101521512

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Huffman, Bobby. Incorporating Special Interests into Task Analyses and Story Problems to Increase Accurate Responding for a Child with Autism. . 2017. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503010101521512.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Huffman, Bobby. "Incorporating Special Interests into Task Analyses and Story Problems to Increase Accurate Responding for a Child with Autism. ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503010101521512

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