ABSTRACT Increasingly, pragmatic language skills are viewed as playing a crucial role in the relationship between language and behaviour difficulties. This study aimed to explore whether Social Stories, a familiar intervention for children with autism, would lead to improvements in problematic behaviour for children with both behaviour and pragmatic language difficulties. Four children (3 males, 1 female) in Key Stage 2 and four school staff personnel in two primary schools in England were recruited to a single-case multiple-baseline design study. Direct observations were examined through visual analysis and intervention effects calculated. Generalisation and maintenance data were also collected and analysed. The Social Story intervention led to a reduction in problematic behaviour across all four participants, with intervention effect size ranging from small-medium (NAP = .58-.79). Social Stories, therefore, offer a promising intervention for children with pragmatic language and behaviour difficulties. Limitations of the study are discussed and directions for future research provided.

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社会故事在现实世界中作为沟通和行为障碍儿童干预措施的应用

摘要越来越多地，语用语言技能被视为在语言和行为困难之间的关系中起着至关重要的作用。本研究旨在探讨社会故事（一种熟悉的自闭症儿童干预措施）是否会改善有行为和语用语言困难的儿童的问题行为。关键阶段 2 的四名儿童（3 名男性，1 名女性）和英格兰两所小学的四名学校工作人员被招募进行单案例多基线设计研究。通过视觉分析和计算干预效果来检查直接观察结果。还收集和分析了泛化和维护数据。社会故事干预导致所有四名参与者的问题行为减少，干预效果大小为中小（NAP = .58-.79）。因此，社会故事为有实用语言和行为困难的儿童提供了一种很有希望的干预措施。讨论了研究的局限性，并提供了未来研究的方向。