The Effect of Multisensory Stories on Listening Comprehension of Children Who Are Blind with Severe and Multiple Disabilities

The Effect of Multisensory Stories on Listening Comprehension of Children Who Are Blind with Severe and Multiple Disabilities

“Multisensory stories” are one of the reading materials that appeals to multi-senses, and described as stories which are prepared on an individual basis for the individuals with profound intellectual disability and multiple disabilities. In this study, effectiveness of multisensory storytelling teaching with the method of constant time delay procedure on understanding the story listened by the students with multiple disabilities and visual impairment was investigated. Multiple probe design across subjects was used in this research. 2 female and 1 male students who are 11-15 years old, with visual impairment and autism participated in this study. The dependent variable is the level of understanding the story for blind students with multiple disabilities, the independent variable is the practice of telling multisensory stories introduced with the method of constant time delay procedure. After teaching sessions, the level of correct answering the questions asked regarding the stories they listened increased for each participants

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Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi-Cover
  • ISSN: 1304-7639
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 1991
  • Yayıncı: Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi