A Study of Board Game Program on the Social Skills for Students with Autism

• Main Authors: Huang,Yu-Shiuan, 黃瑜萱
• Other Authors: Tsui-Hwa Lu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9m36pq

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士班 === 106 === Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of using board game programs for students with autism. The method was a single-subject experiment using A-B-M design. Our study participants were two elementary school students with autism in regular class. The teaching intervention was about seven weeks, 19 lessons, which included a baseline, intervention and maintenance period, for a total of three phases. The independent variable of this study was using board game programs. According to the variable, we investigate the social skill of two students whose display in the "cooperative behavior" and "positive expression behavior" after the board games’ intervention. Visual analysis and Qualitative interviews were used to analyze and explain the results of this study. The results of this study are summarized as follows: 1. Using the Board Game Programs to enhance the students with autism had the immediate effects on cooperative and maintenance effects . 2. Using the Board Game Programs to enhance the students with autism had the immediate effects on positive expression behavior and but the maintenance effects was inconsistent. 3. The Board Game Programs showed the social validity for improving social skills of students with autism. The results of this study have the following implications: Through the intervention of social skills training and using board game program, which enhance the social skills for the students of autism in cooperative behavior and positive expression behavior. Key Words: board game programs, students with autism, social skills