Status : Verified
| Personal Name | Gomez, Kristine Anne D. |
|---|---|
| Resource Title | Instructional program for caregivers on personal health care of teens with disabilities |
| Date Issued | December 2014 |
| Abstract | Caregivers, who assist in personal needs, are an influential support group to girls with developmental delays, who enter puberty and experience menstruation. These caregivers would be among their first teachers, who would teach the most important aspects of personal health care skills during menstruation. These skills include wearing and disposing sanitary pads or other similar absorbent items, and washing the genitals. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) had been employed over the past decades in teaching personal health care skills. The purpose of the study was to determine the caregivers’ personal health care knowledge and skills on menstruation for girls with disabilities, particularly, developmental delays. From this data, an instructional program and instructional manual were developed to help improve the knowledge and skills of caregivers. ABA was the main teaching strategy taught to caregivers, who performed teaching personal health care skills to girls with developmental delays. The Seels and Glasgow Project Management Design (1990) was adapted to create a research model, while a pretest-posttest single group design was utilized to determine the effect of the instructional program. Thirty caregivers were interviewed, and it was found that they rated themselves as having sufficient knowledge and skills in personal health care during menstruation for girls with developmental delays (40%). However, further probing showed that their responses were incomplete (50%). This meant that there is room for improvement inpersonal health care knowledge and skills for teaching children with developmental delays. Moreover, caregivers expressed their need to learn more, particularly about teaching strategies (70%). They also reported the need for instructional materials when learning (93%), and requested for books with pictures (34%). Almost all caregivers (97%) said they need instructional materials for teaching children with developmental delays as well. The instructional sessions focused on teaching strategies for personal health care during menstruation,augmented by the use of an instructional manual, Tanglaw. Ten caregivers attended instructional sessions for 10 days. Their posttest showed a significant increase in knowledge (z = -2.807, p<.005), and indicated an average skill acquisition (M = 50, SD = 8.94)in thepersonal health care performance test. Caregivers acquired the basic knowledge and skills to perform personal health care during menstruation using ABA principles such as task analyses, prompting, and reinforcement. Determined sareas of improvement include gathering data ofchildren’s progress and utilization of immediate, appropriate reinforcements. Future directions include follow-ups on caregivers’ skill maintenance and actual practice with children with developmental delays. |
| Degree Course | Master of Arts in Education (Special Education) |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Applied Behavior Analysis; Caregivers; Children with developmental delays; Instructional materials; Instructional program; Personal health care |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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