Date of Award:

8-2012

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

Special Education and Rehabilitation

Committee Chair(s)

Thomas S. Higbee

Committee

Thomas S. Higbee

Committee

Sarah Bloom

Committee

Timothy Slocum

Committee

Bob Morgan

Committee

Andrew Samaha

Abstract

As the rates of autism are continuing to increase each year, it is imperative that we are able to train teachers to work with these children. Training teachers to use effective teaching strategies can be a time consuming endeavor and is challenging because schools may not have the resources to hire an expert trainer to provide this training. A solution may be to use e-learning. This would allow teachers in rural areas the ability to access the training, while also providing a cost-savings to school districts. The current study evaluated an e-learning training course, which is a multi-media computer-based training, to teach university students to implement an evidence-based teaching strategy called discrete trial instruction. We found that all four participants were able to complete the training in an average of 2 hours. In addition, all participants demonstrated an increase in their knowledge about discrete trial instruction, as demonstrated by increases in test scores. Finally, all participants were able to implement the teaching strategy with adults during role plays and, more importantly, with a child with autism.

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