The Effectiveness of simultaneous prompting with error correction in teaching skills reading and writing faded by pictural sentences to children with mental retardation

ivvABSTRACTTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF SIMULTANEOUS PROMPTING WITH ERRORCORRECTION IN TEACHING SKILLS OF READING AND WRITING FADED BYPICTURAL SENTENCES TO CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATIONFunda EYİDOĞANDepartment of Special EducationAnadolu University Institute of Educational Sciences, September 2005Advisor: Assist. Prof. Ayten UYSALIn this study, the effectiveness of simultaneous prompting with error correction inteaching skills of reading and writing faded by pictural sentences to children withmental retardation had been examined. At the same time, the generalization effect ofsimultaneous prompting across materials and the maintanence effect of three and fourweek after procedure finished had been investigated.In order to determine the effectiveness of simutaneous prompting, multiple-probe(baseline) design across behaviors, one of the single subject designs, had been used.This research had been conducted with two students who were between 7-9 years old.The study was also a conducted in a self care class in a private rehabilitation center inEskisehir.In order to assess the effectiveness of simultaneous prompting with error correction inteaching skills of reading and writing faded by pictural sentences to children withmental retardation, full probe, daily probe, teaching, maintanence and generalizationhad been conducted. All sessions had been realised as one to one teaching sessions.During teaching, both verbal and model prompts had been used. As the error correction,rewriting with a red pencil and verbal prompt had been used.vivIn the study both interobserver and procedural realibility data were collected, theeffectiveness of simultaneous prompting had been determined by graphic analyses.Resarch findings have showed that simultaneous prompting with error correction inteaching skills of reading and writing faded by pictural sentences to children withmental retardation is effective and maintenance had been preserved three and fourweeks after the procedure finished. In generalization sessions, realised with differentmaterials, one student has showed to continue %100 correct respomd.