The Effectiveness of Progressive Time Delay on Teaching Pedestrian Skill to Individuals with Intellectual Disability
ANKARA UNIVERSITESI EGITIM BILIMLERI FAKULTESI OZEL EGITIM DERGISI-ANKARA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, cilt.21, sa.3, ss.427-450, 2020 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.21565/ozelegitimdergisi.597433
- Dergi Adı: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI EGITIM BILIMLERI FAKULTESI OZEL EGITIM DERGISI-ANKARA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), EBSCO Education Source, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.427-450
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Intellectual disability, pedestrian skill, safety skills, progressive time delay, evidence-based practices, COMMUNITY-BASED INSTRUCTION, SAFETY SKILLS, SIMULATION, CHILDREN, ADULTS, CLASSROOM, PROMPTS, MILD
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of progressive time delay teaching method on teaching a pedestrian skill to individuals with intellectual disabilities. The study was conducted with three participants with mild intellectual disabilities who were 10-11 years old. Multiple probe design across participants was used in the study. The results of the study revealed that the participants of the study acquired the targeted pedestrian skill, the first participant maintained the acquired skill one, three and five weeks after the implementation was completed whereas the third participant maintained the skill one, two and four weeks after the implementation was completed. Besides, all participants generalized the skill which they acquired on a simulation material to a real environment. Social validity results of the study revealed that the parents of the participants and the policeman who took part in the generalization session had positive opinions about the study.