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Maayan Shalev1, Orit E Hetzroni1
1Department of Special Education, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy ave., Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
Research in Developmental Disabilities
|May 11, 2020
Summary
School staff responsivity to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) varies by setting. Individual sessions depend on student speech, while group sessions involve more factors like group size and staff attitudes.
Area of Science:
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Special Education
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often experience significant language delays.
- Communication partner responsivity is crucial for fostering communication development in these children.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify factors influencing school staff's communication responsivity towards students with IDD and complex communication needs.
- To understand how different settings (individual vs. group) impact staff responsivity.
Main Methods:
- Videotaping interactions between 120 school staff and 43 students (ages 9-16) during routine sessions.
- Transcribing and coding staff behaviors to calculate responsivity scores.
- Employing statistical analyses to determine predictors of staff responsivity.
Main Results:
- Session type (individual/group) significantly predicted staff responsivity.
- In individual sessions, students' speech level was the primary predictor.
- In group sessions, predictors included group size, session frequency, staff attitudes, and student disability level.
Conclusions:
- Group settings present a more complex communication environment influenced by multiple factors.
- Student speech ability is a key factor for staff responsivity in one-on-one interactions.
- Findings can inform strategies to enhance staff responsivity in educational settings for students with IDD.
Keywords:
CommunicationComplex communication needsIntellectual and developmental disabilitiesResponsivityMore Related Videos
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