Teaching conversation skills to adults with developmental disabilities using a video-based intervention package.

BACKGROUND: Social skills deficits may hinder learning, terminate relationships, and impede employment. Many individuals with autism and intellectual disability experience difficulties in social judgement, emotional regulation, and interpersonal relationships, all of which can lead to disruptive and...

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Published in:Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 119 - 131
Main Authors: Kellems, Ryan O., Osborne, Kaitlyn, Rowe, Dawn, Gabrielsen, Terisa, Hansen, Blake, Sabey, Christian, Frazier, Brynn, Simons, Kalee, Jensen, Mikaela, Zaru, Mai, Clive, Maggie
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. 2020
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          Kellems, Ryan O.
          Osborne, Kaitlyn
          Rowe, Dawn
          Gabrielsen, Terisa
          Hansen, Blake
          Sabey, Christian
          Frazier, Brynn
          Simons, Kalee
          Jensen, Mikaela
          Zaru, Mai
          Clive, Maggie
        affil: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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          Developmental Disabilities In Adulthood
          Conversation Education
          Skill Acquisition
          Communication Skills Training
          Teaching Methods Evaluation
          Education, Non-Traditional
          Videorecording
          Human
          Female
          Young Adult
          Persons with Disabilities
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      ab: BACKGROUND: Social skills deficits may hinder learning, terminate relationships, and impede employment. Many individuals with autism and intellectual disability experience difficulties in social judgement, emotional regulation, and interpersonal relationships, all of which can lead to disruptive and aggressive behaviors. Explicit instruction, video modeling, and video feedback are research-based practices that have been used to teach conversation skills to individuals with developmental disabilities and social impairments. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of explicit instruction combined with video modeling and video feedback in teaching conversation-initiation skills to six adults ages 18–20 with autism and intellectual disability in a post-high school transition program. METHODS: A multiple baseline across dyads design was used, with number of correct initiation responses as the independent variable. The independent variable was an intervention package including explicit verbal instruction with interspersed video modeling clips, followed by video feedback. RESULTS: All six participants acquired the skills and were able to initiate a conversation; five of them maintained these skills over time, demonstrating them without the intervention. CONCLUSIONS: Data supported a evidence functional relation between the intervention package and the participants' social initiation skills. Social validity responses indicated that participants enjoyed watching the videos of models and especially enjoyed watching the videos of themselves.
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