indicating that there had been a beneficial’ change. Seven responses (4.3%) to ‘quite this question were neutral. Four respondents (2.4%) indicated that they had observed a small beneficial change and just two responded that there had been no beneficial change at all (). Finally, 102 respondents (79% of those who responded to this question) indicated that the performance had been very beneficial for their practice, with a further 19 (14.7%) agreeing that it had been quite beneficial in this regard. Six (4.7%) answered with a neutral response, while just two (1.6%) indicated that the performance had not been beneficial for their practice (). Table 4: Overall responses Do you N Quite A little Not think this relevant relevant relevant show was Relevant at all relevant to 148 18 4 0 the needs (87.1%) (10.6%) of your 0 children? Do you Very Quite A little Not think this engaged bit at all engaged 127 31 5 2 0 your (77%) (18.8%) (3%) (1.2%) students? Do you Very Quite A little Not think this beneficial bit at all provoked a 132 19 7 4 2 beneficial 8 (77.2%) (11.1%) (2.4%) (1.2%) change in your students? How Very Quite A little Not beneficial beneficial bit did you at all find the 102 19 6 0 2 to your (79.1%) (14.7%) (1.6%) practice? 9 Differences between PMLD TUBE and ASD TUBE The responses from PMLD and ASD versions of (the show) were compared. ‘TUBE’ 5 sets out the mean scores and standard deviations (an indication of the range of scores) for the four questions. All of the standard deviations are fairly small, indicating little variation in the responses. The largest variation was found amongst PMLD TUBE responses to the questions relating to a) beneficial change amongst the students and b) beneficial change to practice. The least amount of variation amongst responses was found amongst ASD TUBE responses to the question regarding the relevance of the show. The highest mean scores (most positive responses) amongst both groups were with regard to relevance of the show. The lowest mean score
indicating that there had been a ‘quite beneficial’ change. Seven responses (4.3%) to this question were neutral. Four respondents (2.4%) indicated that they had observed a small beneficial change and just two responded that there had been no beneficial change at all (). Finally, 102 respondents (79% of those who responded to this question) indicated that the performance had been very beneficial for their practice, with a further 19 (14.7%) agreeing that it had been quite beneficial in this regard. Six (4.7%) answered with a neutral response, while just two (1.6%) indicated that the performance had not been beneficial for their practice (). Table 4: Overall responses Do you think this show was relevant to the needs of your children? N Relevant Quite relevant A little relevant Not relevant at all 148 (87.1%) 18 (10.6%) 4 0 0 Do you think this engaged your students? Very engaged Quite A little bit Not at all 127 (77%) 31 (18.8%) 5 (3%) 2 (1.2%) 0 Do you think this provoked a beneficial change in your students? Very beneficial Quite A little bit Not at all 132 (77.2%) 19 (11.1%) 7 4 (2.4%) 2 (1.2%) How beneficial did you find the to your practice? Very beneficial Quite A little bit Not at all 102 (79.1%) 19 (14.7%) 6 0 2 (1.6%) Differences between PMLD TUBE and ASD TUBE The responses from PMLD and ASD versions of ‘TUBE’ (the show) were compared. 5 sets out the mean scores and standard deviations (an indication of the range of scores) for the four questions. All of the standard deviations are fairly small, indicating little variation in the responses. The largest variation was found amongst PMLD TUBE responses to the questions relating to a) beneficial change amongst the students and b) beneficial change to practice. The least amount of variation amongst responses was found amongst ASD TUBE responses to the question regarding the relevance of the show. The highest mean scores (most positive responses) amongst both groups were with regard to relevance of the show. The lowest mean score 8 9