The Development of Integrated Career Content Learning Unit to Develop Social Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities

Abstract

        The Purposes of this research are to develop an integrated career content  learning  unit to develop social skills of  students  with  learning disabilities and to study the effect  of using an integrated career content  learning  unit to develop social skills of  students  with  learning disabilities. The research design was single subject design    (A – B – A design). The research found that 1) an integrated career content learning unit consists of an integrated career content  learning  which used in learning activities to enable students with learning disabilities to achieve their intended learning objectives and contribute to the development of social skills of learning disabilities students. 2) The effect of using an integrated career content learning unit to develop social skills of students with learning disabilities found that the frequency of behavior of talking, discussing and interacting with others of 3 students with disabilities which were target groups. In the baseline distance (A1), the mean was 2.66, 2.83 and 2.33 times, respectively. The mean of the intervention variable (B) was 5.91, 6.25 and 6.16 times, respectively, and the interruption time of the actuation variable (A2) was the mean of 3.16, 3.50 and 3.00 times, respectively. And frequency of social rules compliance behavior among the 3 students with learning disabilities in the baseline distance (A1) the mean was 2.66, 2.16 and 2.83 times, respectively. The mean time for action variable (B) was 4.91, 4.75 and 4.83, respectively. And the suspension for the action variable (A2) was the mean of 3.33, 3.00 and 3.16 times, respectively.