Social Story Interventions for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Social Story Interventions for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

PhD

4 pages Discipline:           Education Type of service:           Essay Paper format:        APA 1 source

Paper details:

Each review should be 4-5 pages in length and should be a constructive critique of the technical soundness, social validity, and importance of the research. Reviews should be double-spaced, meeting all APA requirements.

Critiques should include:

Title page with your name, course name and number, title of the study, type of design, and date. In writing and presenting your critique, please answer the following questions:

What was the research question(s) proposed as the basis for the study? Briefly describe the participant(s) and setting(s)

  1. How well were they described?
  2. What could they have done to help the reader get a better “picture” of each?

What was/were the dependent variable(s) in the study?

  1. How were the variables operationally defined?
  2. How were the data collected?
  3. Were the measures appropriate for the research question?
  4. How was reliability assessed? What were the levels?
  5. Was social validity assessed? How well was it assessed?

 

What was/were the independent variable(s) in the study?

  1. Was the treatment/intervention explained in sufficient detail that it could

be replicated?

  1. How did the treatment address threats to internal and external validity?
  2. How was the treatment integrity evaluated?
  3. Was social validity assessed? How?

 

What type of design was employed in the study?

  1. Was the design was the appropriate choice to address the research questions?
  2. If not, what design would have been a better choice?

Regarding the results of the study

  1. Do the results provide evidence for a functional relation between the

independent and dependent variable(s)? Explain why or why not, using the data to support your claim.

  1. How was generalization and/or maintenance of the treatment/intervention effects assessed?
  2. Was social validity assessed? How?

Regarding the discussion

  1. Are the author(s) conclusions appropriate given the results? Why or why not?
  2. Did the author(s) address our understanding of ABA principles/theoretical issues? b. Were the limitations of the study identified and adequately addressed?
  3. Were the conclusions linked back to extant literature? compared? contrasted?

integrated?

Given the importance of replication in single-case research, describe a future study that could build on the critiqued study to answer additional related research questions.