- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A study of the relationship of parental involvement to the progress of severely retarded autistic children in the south metro psychoeducational program., 1998
- Creator:
- Jones, Emerson C.
- Date of Original:
- 1998-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study attempted to investigate parental involvement in a psvchoeducational full-dav treatment program in order to determine a correlation between Extensive and Intermittent involvement with the Severely Retarded Autistic Child's Individualized Educational Program and progress. A convenient sample of 58 students in the school age program at South Metro Psvchoeducational Program was used to determine a primary diagnosis of Autism or Childhood Schizophrenia with an IQ score of 50 or below, or labeled untestable. Ten Severely Retarded students were selected from this group. They were divided into two groups, five whose parents were intermittently involved, and five whose parents were extensively involved. Their p r e - and post-tests for the 1986-1987 school year were analvzed to determine the students' progress in their Individualized Educational Program. The students' progress and parental involvement were analyzed by a T-test. The results showed that the students whose parents were extensively involved showed a significant degree of progress in their behavior and communication skills. The results also showed that parental involvement did not make a n v difference in the child's progress in socialization and pre-academics.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1988_jones_emerson_c
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
