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University of Central Florida

Theses/Dissertations

2018

Dialogic reading

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Dialogic Reading With Adolescent Mothers, Diana L. Abarca Jan 2018

Dialogic Reading With Adolescent Mothers, Diana L. Abarca

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching dialogic reading (DR) strategies to adolescent mothers as measured by DR strategy use during shared book reading with their children. The secondary purpose was to determine the impact of adolescent mothers' implementation of DR strategies on their preschool children’s single word vocabulary. A single subject multiple baseline across behaviors research design was implemented with one adolescent mother and her twin boys. Based on visual analysis of graphical representation of the data, it was determined there was a moderate to strong functional relation between educating an adolescent mother on …


Paraprofessional-Implemented Dialogic Reading And Its Impact On Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Annalise D. Irvine Jan 2018

Paraprofessional-Implemented Dialogic Reading And Its Impact On Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Annalise D. Irvine

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of paraprofessional-implemented dialogic reading (DR) strategies on the comprehension, interaction, and attending abilities of a child on the autism spectrum. The secondary purpose was to understand whether the DR strategies assisted the paraprofessional in establishing meaningful interactions and positive behavioral changes with her student on the autism spectrum. A single subject across behaviors design was implemented with one paraprofessional and her student with autism. Judged from visual analysis of the graphical representation of the data, it was determined that there was a medium to strong functional relationship (depending on the …