A multimedia-based intervention has the potential to improve social learning and adaptive skills of students with autism spectrum disorder
11 Apr 2024

An evaluation was conducted to examine the potential effectiveness of a multimedia-based intervention, with the participation of 30 Filipino public special education teachers as teacher-respondents. The intervention was designed to enhance the social learning and adaptive behaviors of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly those in Level 1 or students who require support. The teacher-respondents utilized an evaluation grid that underwent rigorous tests of validity and reliability. The evaluation grid comprises the following constructs: alignment and appropriateness, utility and relevance, visual appeal, and overall engagement. Each construct has specific items or indicators in order to carefully examine the potentiality of the multimedia-based intervention. The results revealed that the intervention was perceived to be highly effective in improving the social learning and adaptive behaviors of students with ASD. The evaluation of the teacher-respondents has also shown similarities, whether they are grouped according to their number of years in the field or the number of students with ASD enrolled in their classes. Finally, to further enrich the effectiveness of the multimedia-based intervention, an action plan was outlined based on the feedback of the teacher-respondents for each of the four constructs. The researchers of this study aimed to gauge the possible effectiveness of an intervention tool that uses technology to support learners with and without special needs. This piloted multimedia-based intervention is hoped to be used in large-scale research that utilizes robots to assist special education teachers, especially in teaching basic social behaviors and daily routines to their students with ASD.
Authors: Susan Mostajo (De La Salle University–Dasmariñas), Royce Salva (De La Salle University–Dasmariñas and University of the Philippines Diliman), Olivia Legaspi (De La Salle University–Dasmariñas), Jemerson Dominguez (De La Salle University–Dasmariñas) and Aquino Garcia (De La Salle University–Dasmariñas)
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