Impact of social skills instruction on problem solving skills of students with learning disabilities
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bryant, Diane Pedrotty | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rieth, Herbert J. | en |
| dc.creator | Kraft, Guliz | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-23T21:27:14Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-23T21:27:14Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-12 | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The study analyzed the impact of a social skills intervention pogram with adolescent students with learning disabilities attending a school for dyslexia in central Texas. Participants of the study were 8 students aged 11 through 13. Participants were equally assigned to the intervention and control groups based on their schedules. A six-session social skills intervention program was provided to students in the intervention condition during their enrichment hours, while the control students continued to attend their regular classroom activities during this period. Non-parametric test statistics (Wilcoxon signed-rank Test and Mann Whitney U) were utilized to assess within group differences from pre- to post-test and between group differences, respectively. The results of the study suggested that even though no statistically significant differences between control and intervention groups were observed at the pre-test, scores on the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Adolescent, at post-test indicated that the intervention group significantly outperformed the control group. Neither the control nor the intervention group demonstrated any significant improvement from pre- to post-test. | en |
| dc.description.department | Special Education | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/10662 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. | en |
| dc.subject | Dyslexia | en |
| dc.subject | Social skills intervention program | en |
| dc.subject | Adolescent students | en |
| dc.subject | Social problem solving | en |
| dc.title | Impact of social skills instruction on problem solving skills of students with learning disabilities | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Special Education | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Special Education | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |