英文摘要 |
Elementary school children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) present with difficulties in social interaction and have been frequently identified as having movement impairments. Teaching sports skills to children with ASD may improve their social interaction and motor skills. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of video self-modeling instruction in teaching sport skills to children with ASD. The participant is a ten-year old elementary school child with ASD. A single-subject multiple-probe design with probe conditions across behaviors is used. The independent variable in the present study is video self-modeling instruction strategies. Dependent variables are the performance when learning table tennis skills, including the up-down racket bounce, backhand return shot and forehand target serve. The 1 to 2-minute length clips, edited by the researcher, are used in the intervention phase. The score of object control skills and the number of successful shots including the table tennis up-down racket pounce, backhand return shot and forehand target serve are collected over the course of 9 weeks, three times a week. Visual analysis method and C statistics are applied for the data analysis and social validity is proceeding. Inter-observer reliability data of the study was determined as 97.25%, 95.83% (94.44% - 100%) on up-down racket pounce, 97.78% (88.89% - 100%) on backhand return shot, and 98.15% (88.89% - 100%) on forehand target serve. This research reveals that when a child with ASD is absorbed in the self-modeling video, he or she may imitate the motor skills as seen in the video. Then, the sports skill is taught immediately. The performance of sports skills of children with ASD are improved and maintained by adopting an adapted physical education instruction strategy, verbal prompting, and video self-modeling. Results revealed that video self-modeling is an effective instructional strategy in teaching table tennis skills to children with ASD. The learning of table tennis skills, including up-down racket bounce, backhand return shot and forehand target serve result in immediate effects that are easily maintained.. Parents and teachers agree that video self-modeling is an effective instruction strategy for teaching sport skills. In addition to the results of the study, suggestions for the instructional practice by parent and teachers, and the future research by researchers are provided in the present study. |