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Abstract

ABSTRACT Effects of Using Preoccupied Objects on Decreasing Problem Behaviors of a Child with Autistic Disorder

Myunghee Park Advisor: Seunghee Lee, Ph.D. Major in Special Education Graduate School of Education, Chosun University

This study, using the activities of preoccupied object, examines whether the preoccupied objects breeds affirmative effects on children with autism during classes in reducing problematic behaviors. The target of the studies is a preschool child with autism who is five years and five months old; the design of the studies depends upon the ABAB design, examining whether the preoccupied objects as a independent variable creates the reduction of the problematic behaviors as a dependent variable. The independent variable is a preoccupied object of the child: a bag of cookies. The dependent variable is problematic behaviors; screaming and distraction. A collection of materials consists of-minute videotape recordings everyday; the materials are analyzed by the researcher and the assistant researcher respectively. The reliability between the researcher and the assistant is made on the even times; the problematic behaviors like screaming and distraction are checked by the event sampling method and recorded in the activities examining list. In order to reduce the screaming and distraction during classes as the dependent variable, the activities using the preoccupied objects are conducted in the conversation classes are a language domain. As a result, the screaming and distraction during classes are reduced. Using the preoccupied objects a independent variable, the 24 experiments have shown that the screaming and distraction have reduced a lot and taken stability in the mid-stage, compared with the initial stage; that the activities using the preoccupied objects are quite effective in reducing the screaming and distraction during classes. The results of this study are first, the activities using the preoccupied objects are an effective strategy in reducing the screaming and distraction during classes. second, for the autistic child, the preoccupied objects are not the ones of removal but the useful teaching materials; for the autistic children who is reluctant to participate in classes activities due to the preoccupied objects, the use of the preoccupied objects is able to motivate the autistic children to take part in classes. The preoccupied objects can be used as useful media for the preoccupied objects.