title: Effects of a School-Based Social Skills Training Program for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability.
abstract: Social deficits are a core characteristic of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and co-occurring intellectual disabilities (ASD-ID). Despite persistence of these deficits into adolescence, few social skills interventions have been empirically evaluated for older individuals with ASD-ID. The present investigation adapted an efficacious protocol for adolescents with ASD, video-based group instruction (VGI), and extended the procedure to 4 adolescents in a public high school setting. A multiple probe across behaviors design demonstrated the effectiveness of VGI for teaching novel social behavior to three of the four participants, with mixed outcomes for the fourth participant. Long-term maintenance was observed for two participants, though generalization outcomes were mixed. The results support using VGI within high school curricula for some adolescents with ASD-ID.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, Michigan State University, 620 Farm Lane, 341 Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA, plavnick@msu.edu.
authors.forename: Joshua B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Plavnick
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaid
authors.forename: Mari C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: MacFarland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D066107:Social Skills; D013663:Teaching
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