Abstract
Preschool children with developmental delay (DD) cannot have story comprehension asregular children due to sensory and perceptual problem. Story comprehension is assumed topromote through multi-sensory feedback. Electronic picture books are one kind of multi-sensoryfeedback. However， a causal link between interactive electronic picture books and storycomprehension has not been clearly established in children with DD.The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of adaptive electronic picture bookson oral comprehension. A single-subjects experimental design of multiple-probe across subjectswas used to evaluate the effects. Three preschool children with developmental delay participated inthe study for two months. The intervention is electronic picture books program. And the dependentvariable was story comprehension abilities. Data was collected from “Story comprehension test”during three phases.Overall， the main findings of the study were as followings: The instruction with electronicpicture books improved story comprehension performance across the three participants. Theimmediate and sustained effect on story comprehension ability after receiving electronic picturebooks instruction was found in the three participants.