The institutionalized child with disabilities and the teaching of basic skills: a case study

Authors

  • Iasmin Zanchi Boueri Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Andréia Schmidt Universidade Positivo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v14i2.15044

Keywords:

teaching procedures, basic skills, disabilities, institutionalized children

Abstract

This case study was designed to verify changes on the behavioral repertoire occurred with a child with disability, abandoned and institutionalized, after undergoing a procedure focused on the teaching of new basic skills. The participant was a seven-year-old girl with severe developmental delay, who was living in an institution that houses people with disabilities. First, an evaluation of the initial repertoire of the child was done (baseline), by applying a protocol of basic skills, which allowed researchers to determine which conducts would be taught during the program for acquisition of basic skills. In order to verify any changes in the participant’s behavioral repertoire, evaluations were made every two weeks. The follow up of the results was done by a multiple baseline design across behaviors. The biweekly evaluations showed an increase on the frequency of the behaviors been taught through implementation of the teaching program. The increase was not observed on other behaviors, which indicates that the changes were probably a result of the intervention applied. The results showed that the participant was able to learn new basic skills, even though residing in an institutional environment which wasn’t favorable for the learning of new behaviors.

 

Keywords: teaching procedures; basic skills; disabilities; institutionalized children.

Author Biographies

Iasmin Zanchi Boueri, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Mestranda em Educação Especial pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos.

Andréia Schmidt, Universidade Positivo

Doutora em Psicologia Experimental pela USP, professora do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Positivo.

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Boueri, I. Z., & Schmidt, A. (2010). The institutionalized child with disabilities and the teaching of basic skills: a case study. Interação Em Psicologia, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v14i2.15044

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2010)

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