Otizmden etkilenmiş bireylerde sosyal ve iletişim becerilerini arttıran yöntemlerin delile dayalı yöntem olarak belirlenmesi: Bir meta-analiz örneği

Otizm ve türevleri ile tanılanmış çocuk ve gençlerin ortak özelliği olarak belirtilen sosyal ve iletişim becerilerindeki zorlukları bilimadamları için öncelikli inceleme konusu olarak alanyazınında yer almaktadır. Bu becerileri geliştirmek amacıyla tek denekli çalışmalarla test edilen eğitim yöntemlerinin etkililiklerini ve test edilen yöntemlerin delile dayalı yöntem olarak kabul edilip edilemeyeceğini inceleme amacıyla yapılan bu meta-analiz çalışması, dikkate değer sonuçlar üretmiştir. Etki-düzeyi hesaplamalarının ITSACORR yardımı ile yapıldığı bu çalışmada genel olarak sosyal hikâye kullanımı en yüksek değeri oluşturmuş olsa bile yaş gruplarına göre dağılımda en tutarlı yöntem akran öğretimi olarak ön plana çıkmıştır. Bunun yanında, yöntemlerin etkililiği için ipuçları veren yöntemler de belirlenmiştir.

Identification of evidence based practices that promoting social and communication skills of children with autism. A meta-analysis sample

Difficulties in social and communication skills of children and youth with autism spectrum disorders are a common characteristic which makes the area primary examination topic for educational researchers. In order to determine whether tested methods improving social and communicational skills of children with ASD by using single subject design studies can be named as evidence based method or not, this meta-analysis was conducted. ITSACORR was used to calculate effect-size values. Use of social stories yielded the highest value in overall means, and only peer-mediated interventions yielded consistent values for all three age groups. In addition to those methods, promising methods also were named in developing social and communicational skills of children and youth with disabilities.

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