Evaluation of Social Stories interventions for students with Autism

Baker, S. , Boutot, E. A. , Chan, J. M. 1016/j. rasd. 005 Why has this article? Review of a large percentage of articles and research papers on social stories intervention and its effectiveness in dealing with ASD are mainly centered on the special educational setting. However, this article blends findings from a research whose scope is limited not the unique environment but also includes a general educational background. Due to its wider scope, this article was considered highly reliable in bringing forth an explicit comparison of the two kinds of environmental settings. The delay time for each was different in the second environment. Individual improvement in each of the environments was noted about their target behavior. Three methods of data analysis were utilized in this research.These methods included inter-observer agreement, social validity and treatment fidelity. In the inter-observer agreement, data was collected during 34% of baseline sessions, mean performance of 93%. The ...