Reviewing the Literature on: Social Stories Presented by Ira Rinn.
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Transcript of Reviewing the Literature on: Social Stories Presented by Ira Rinn.
Organization of Presentation
Search criteria Articles Overview of Participants Overview of Designs Overview of the IV and DV Overview of Measurements and Results A Closer Look… Q and A
Search Criteria
Psyc-INFO searchs:– Social stories = 75 articles (51 peer reviewed)– Social stories AND autism = 63 (51)– Social stories AND teaching AND autism = 15 (10)– 5 more recent than previous lit review
Relevant Articles
22 articles – 16 summarized by Ali and Frederickson
“Teaching a Young Child to Appropriately Gain Attention of Peers Using a Social Story Intervention”
“Addressing Physical Inactivity Among Developmentally Disabled Students Through Visual Schedules and Social Stories”
“Using a Self-as-Model Video Combined with Social Stories to Help a Child With Asperger Syndrome Understand Emotions”
Relevant articles (continued)
“Enhancing the Conversation Skills of a Boy with Asperger’s Disorder through Social Stories and Video Modeling”
“Social Story Efficacy with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate Intellectual Disability”
“Effects of Social Stories on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders”
Overview of Participants
Ages: 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 11 11 12 13 15 (plus two groups of nonspecified ages)
Range: 3 – 15 Mean: 7 Median: 7 Mode: 7 Under-researched groups???
Overview of Participants
Diagnoses: Autism Spectrum Disorder Asperger’s Syndrome Nonspecific Developmental Disability Hyperplexia
Overview of Dependent Variables
Tantrum Behaviors Inappropriate Vocalizations Play Skills Social Behaviors (smiling, greeting, acquiring attention) Relationship Building Tolerating Foods Sleep Behavior Inappropriate Touching Empathy
Overview of Independent Variables
Social Stories Social Stories w/ activity schedules Social Stories w/ token economy and prompting Social Stories w/ token economy and extinction Social Stories w/ modeling Social Stories w/ textual cues Social Stories w/ verbal prompts/reminders/feedback
IVs vary…
Social stories written outside of Gray’s guidelines
Read by teacher/parent/peer Read only to study’s participant/entire class Participant given free access to story Social story is reread when problem behavior
occurs
Overview of Experimental Designs
ABAB = 6 Multiple-baseline = 6 A (Ratings) = 4 AB = 3 ABA = 1 ACABA = 1 ABCACBC = 1
Additional Measures
6 articles recently published: Generalization = 2 Maintenance = 2 Follow-up = 1 IOA = 3 Social Validity = 1 Treatment/Procedural Integrity = 2
Overview of Results
Effective? Statistically or socially significant? Gains maintained? Can the results be trusted when internal
validity problems are so extreme? Are some researchers motivated to claim a
functional relationship?
A Closer Look…
“Effects of Social Stories on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” by Shannon Crozier and Matt Tincani (2007)
3 participants Ages : 3, 3, 5 (all with ASD)
The Effects of Social Stories on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children with ASD
Conducted in integrated preschool classrooms First author and teachers select DVs DVs
– Sitting appropriately at circle– Talking with peers during snack time– Appropriate play
Duration and Event Recording Measures
The Effects of Social Stories on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children with ASD
Features of Social Stories– One sentence per page– Times New Roman black font– One simple picture per page– In accordance with Gray’s guidelines from 1995 and
2000
The Effects of Social Stories on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children with ASD
ABAB and ABCACBA Story read before target activity B phase is social script intervention C phase includes verbal prompts during data collection
intervals (unclear scoring of responses) During maintenance, stories are read by school staff
(but with little follow-through, we’re told) Read story with three comprehension questions
(unclear criterion)
Graph for Multi-Component Reversal (Talking)
Functional relationship established
but data collection is
unclear, and scores are not
maintained
Graph for ABAB (Play)
Moderate improvement following first treatment condition,
significant improvement
following second…
but skills not maintained
Graph for ABAB (Sitting)
Results may be due
also to an extinction
of attention-seeking
responses
Baseline scores are
rather high and
increasing
The Effects of Social Stories on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children with ASD
Average of 3 sessions per week Treatment integrity data collected by first
author on herself IOA collected by graduate assistant (27%-34%
of sessions)
Social Story™ Efficacy With a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate
Intellectual Disability
8-yr-old with autism ABC design Sessions conducted in two adjoined rooms The DV was tapping on any surface (desk or body)
and answering comprehension questions DV targeted during reading lessons Social story developed in accordance with Gray’s
guidelines (2000) and evaluated using Gray’s checklist (2003)
Social Story™ Efficacy With a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate
Intellectual Disability
All conditions: Story read to participant before reading lesson
Condition B: Participant was given free access to the story
Condition C: Teacher reviewed the story with the participant at own discretion
Social Story™ Efficacy With a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate
Intellectual Disability
Data collected using 10-sec partial interval recording
A condition lasts 7 days B condition lasts 5 days C condition implemented due to the
ineffectiveness of B Maintenance conducted 1 month after
intervention was terminated
Social Story™ Efficacy With a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate
Intellectual Disability
Rate of DV decreased slightly, but not systematically
Too much variability to claim functional relationship
Opinions?
Social Story™ Efficacy With a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate
Intellectual Disability
Similarities to ABA
Teaching interactions Review of performance Rule-governed behavior and Contracts (minus
the reinforcement)
Future Research
More experimental control IOA, treatment integrity, and social validity
measures Identifying descriptive to directive to
perspective ratios that work best Comparison to contracts/teaching interactions
References
“A Multimedia Social Story Intervention: Teaching Skills to Children with Autism” by Taku Hagiwara and Brenda Smith Myles, published in 1999 in “Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities”
“Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Strategies to Promote Prosocial Behaivors” by Carol Greenway, published in 2000 in “Educational Psychology in Practice”
“Using Social Stories to Teach Choice and Play Skills to Children with Autism” by Leasha M. Barry and Suzanne B. Burlew, publish in 2004 in “Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities”
“Teaching a Young Child to Appropriately Gain Attention of Peers Using a Social Story Intervention” by Delann Soenksen and Sandra Alper, published in 2006 in “Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities”
“Addressing Physical Inactivity Among Developmentally Disabled Students Through Visual Schedules and Social Stories” by Merilee Zimbelman et al, published in 2007 in “Research in Developmental Disabilities”
“Effects of Social Stories on Prosocial Behavior of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” by Shannon Crozier and Matt Tincani, published in 2006 in the “Online Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders”
“Enhancing the Conversation Skills of a Boy with Asperger’s Disorder through Social Stories and Video Modeling” by Doroth Scattone, published in 2007 in the “Online Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders”
“Investigating the Evidence Base of Social Stories” by Shama Ali and Norah Frederickson, published in 2006 in the “Educational Psychology in Practice”
“Social Story Efficacy with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Moderate Intellectual Disability” by Georgina Reynhout and Mark Carter, published in 2007 in “Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities”
“Using a Self-as-Model Video Combined with Social Stories to Help a Child With Asperger Syndrome Understand Emotions” by Susana Bernad-Ripoll, published in 2007 in “Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities”