An evaluation of a self-instructional manual for teaching individuals to administer the revised ABLA test to persons with developmental disabilities
| dc.contributor.author | Boris, Ashley | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Martin, Toby (Psychology) Hrycaiko, Dennis (Kinesiology & Recreation Management) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Martin, Garry (Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-23T14:55:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-23T14:55:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-09-23 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) is a valuable tool that is used to assess the learning ability of individuals with developmental disabilities (DD). The ABLA was recently revised and is now referred to as the ABLA-R. A self-instructional manual was recently prepared to teach individuals how to administer the ABLA-R (DeWiele, Martin, Martin, Yu, & Thomson, 2011). Using a modified multiple-baseline design across a pair of university students, and replicated across four pairs, I evaluated the effectiveness of the ABLA-R self-instructional manual for teaching the students to administer the ABLA-R to individuals with DD. Each student: (a) after studying a brief description of the ABLA-R, attempted to administer the ABLA-R to a confederate role-playing an individual with DD (Baseline); (b) studied the ABLAR self-instructional manual (Training); and (c) once again, attempted to administer the ABLA-R to a confederate (Post-Training Assessment). Participants who achieved at least 90% accuracy in conducting the ABLA-R in their Post-Training Assessment with a confederate then administered the ABLA-R to an individual with DD in a Generalization phase. In Baseline, Post-training, and Generalization phases I scored each participant’s performance using the ABLA-R Tester Evaluation Form. The overall results indicate that the self-instructional manual is an effective method for training individuals to accurately administer the ABLA-R. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/22201 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | developmental disabilities | en_US |
| dc.subject | ABLA | en_US |
| dc.title | An evaluation of a self-instructional manual for teaching individuals to administer the revised ABLA test to persons with developmental disabilities | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |