Date of Award:
12-2021
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Department name when degree awarded
Special Education and Rehabilitation
Committee Chair(s)
Ray Joslyn
Committee
Ray Joslyn
Committee
Karen Hager-Martinez
Committee
Summer Gunn
Abstract
Children receiving special education are often exposed to a variety of learning strategies. Care providers may use an array of different strategies when describing therapeutic approaches to parents (including the use of technical or layman terminology), and research has indicated that the use of technical terminology may influence individuals’ perceptions of behavior therapy. This study examined the use of behavioral and layman terminology and video models to see if it affected parents’ preference between Discrete Trial Teaching, and Naturalistic Teaching. Participants were parents with children receiving special education services between the ages of 2-5 years old. Data were collected by using a survey to record parents' responses to various questions regarding the use of behavioral interventions. The results of the study showed that parents generally preferred Naturalistic Teaching in all three conditions, the use of behavioral jargon had little impact on parent preference, and the video models appeared to have a substantial impact on parent preference.
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Recommended Citation
Steele, McKenzie, "A Parent Survey on Discrete Trial Teaching Versus Naturalistic Teaching and the Use of Behavioral Terminology" (2021). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8359.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8359
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