Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability

The disappointing employment outcomes of students with severe intellectual disability (ID) can be exacerbated by deficits in social skills development. Within high school transition programs, interventions targeting employment-related social behaviors should be designed to emphasize individualizatio...

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Main Author: Gilson, Carly Blustein
Other Authors: Erik W. Carter
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Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2017
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03142017-153615/
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spelling ndltd-VANDERBILT-oai-VANDERBILTETD-etd-03142017-1536152017-03-22T05:45:57Z Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability Gilson, Carly Blustein Special Education The disappointing employment outcomes of students with severe intellectual disability (ID) can be exacerbated by deficits in social skills development. Within high school transition programs, interventions targeting employment-related social behaviors should be designed to emphasize individualization, self-regulation, and generalization. I used a multiple-probe-across-participants, single-case experimental design to examine the effects of video-based instruction on the individualized employment-related social behaviors (ERSB) of five high school students with severe ID. For all participants, the intervention increased ERSB and sustained task engagement in the school setting and maintained over time. Students and staff facilitators considered the intervention beneficial and enjoyable. I offer implications for supporting social skills development and employment preparation within secondary schools. Erik W. Carter Victoria F. Knight Blair P. Lloyd Elise D. McMillan VANDERBILT 2017-03-21 text application/pdf http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03142017-153615/ http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03142017-153615/ en restrictsix I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to Vanderbilt University or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability
description The disappointing employment outcomes of students with severe intellectual disability (ID) can be exacerbated by deficits in social skills development. Within high school transition programs, interventions targeting employment-related social behaviors should be designed to emphasize individualization, self-regulation, and generalization. I used a multiple-probe-across-participants, single-case experimental design to examine the effects of video-based instruction on the individualized employment-related social behaviors (ERSB) of five high school students with severe ID. For all participants, the intervention increased ERSB and sustained task engagement in the school setting and maintained over time. Students and staff facilitators considered the intervention beneficial and enjoyable. I offer implications for supporting social skills development and employment preparation within secondary schools.
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title Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability
title_short Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability
title_full Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability
title_fullStr Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability
title_full_unstemmed Video-Based Instruction to Promote Employment-Related Social Behaviors for High School Students with Severe Intellectual Disability
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