Date of Award:
5-2016
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Department name when degree awarded
Special Education and Rehabilitation
Committee Chair(s)
Thomas S. Higbee
Committee
Thomas S. Higbee
Committee
Robert L. Morgan
Committee
Timothy A. Slocum
Committee
Eadric Bressel
Committee
Tyra P. Sellers
Abstract
As special education classrooms continue to rely on paraprofessionals to implement interventions, provide instructions, and monitor student progress— it is imperative paraprofessionals are well trained. Without adequate training, paraprofessionals can unintentionally create prompt dependency, limit academic growth, and reinforce problem behavior. However, providing quality training to paraprofessionals can be costly to school districts. Interactive computerized trainings may be a solution. The current study investigated the effectiveness of an interactive computerized training to teaching paraprofessionals a commonly used teaching strategy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other related developmental disabilities called discrete trial instruction. Often procedures to reduce student errors are embedded within discrete trial instruction. Secondary, this study evaluated the effectives of the training to teach paraprofessionals to implement an errorless learning procedure. All participants completed the interactive computerized training online from their home or work computer in an average of 5 hours. Following the training all participants increased their accuracy of teaching discrete trial instruction with a student in their classrooms. Five participants needed additional training of either performance feedback or performance feedback and coaching in order to reach high levels of accurate teaching.
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Recommended Citation
Gerencser, Kristina R., "Evaluation of Interactive Computerized Training to Teach Paraprofessionals How to Implement Errorless Discrete Trial Instruction" (2016). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4932.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4932
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