Date of Award

2009-01-01

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Education

Advisor(s)

Helen Hammond

Abstract

The needs of students from culturally and linguistically diverse background have become a growing concern in America. It is a great challenge for educators to provide appropriate education for culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities. Although there are some researchers that espouse effective principles of multicultural special education, there have been few empirical on the effectiveness.

Social Stories are a practical behavioral intervention which has been regarded as an individualized intervention since the student's needs, background and learning style should be took into consideration. This present research used an ABA design to compare the modified social story with and without cultural familiar components. Three culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional students live in El Paso, Texas area participated in this study. Results are discussed in relation to study limitation, applications for future research.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

82 pages

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Ning Hsu

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