Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often require direct teaching to learn social and communication skills. Research supports video modeling as an effective intervention to teach various skills to individuals with ASD. Recently, commercially made video models have become available to teachers and caregivers as a subscription service, although research supporting their effectiveness is sparse. The current study examined the effectiveness of commercially made video models with three individuals with ASD at an Early Intensive Behavior Intervention center. The dependent measure of this study was the percentage of social skills each participant independently imitated from a video model. A multiple-probe-across-participants design was used. Of the three participants, only one demonstrated accurate imitation of the social skill modeled. The other two participants never engaged in the skill.
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