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ERIC Number: EJ1037160
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Sep
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 44
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
Training Paraprofessionals to Improve Socialization in Students with ASD
Koegel, Robert L.; Kim, Sunny; Koegel, Lynn Kern
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v44 n9 p2197-2208 Sep 2014
An important line of research relates to whether school personnel, such as paraprofessionals, who are present during unstructured social periods, such as lunch-recess, could successfully implement interventions to improve socialization between students with ASD and their typical peers in a group setting. Therefore, within the context of a multiple baseline across participants design, we assessed whether training paraprofessionals to provide social interventions would enhance social development in students with ASD in a group setting. Results showed that paraprofessionals who were not providing any social opportunities during baseline were able to meet fidelity of implementation following a brief training. Consequently, the children with ASD increased their levels of engagement and rates of initiation with typically developing peers following intervention. Implications for training paraprofessionals to implement effective social interventions for students with ASD are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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