The Effects of iPad AAC Intervention Program in Facilitating Requesting Skills for a Preschooler with Autism

• Main Authors: WU, Jie-Yu, 吳婕瑜
• Other Authors: 蔡昆瀛
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/c4ut9y

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 105 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of facilitating requesting skills through iPad AAC intervention program for a two-year-old non-verbal preschooler with autism. The multiple probe design of single subject research method was adopted in this study. The independent variable was the iPad AAC intervention program. The dependent variables were the immediate effectiveness of using iPad for making requests. Data was collected during baseline, treatment and maintain phases. Visual analysis, Tyron’s C statistics and qualitative data were used for analyzing as the results. The results of this study were as follows: (1) After the implantation of the iPad AAC intervention program, the participant’s accuracy of requesting skills was improved in multiple situations. (2) Parents,teachers and speech language pathologist appreciated the effectiveness of the iPad AAC intervention program which indeed improved the participant's learning, emotion ,and communication behavior. Keywords: preschooler with autism、augmentative and alternative communication、iPad、requesting skills