TY - JOUR

T1 - Model Teachers or Model Students?

T2 - A Comparison of Video Modelling Interventions for Improving Reading Fluency and Comprehension in Children with Autism

AU - Egarr, Rachael

AU - Storey, Catherine

N1 - © 2021. The Author(s).

PY - 2022/8

Y1 - 2022/8

N2 - Video modelling (VM) interventions have been used to improve the fluency of individuals with learning disabilities and reading difficulties; this study aimed to replicate these findings with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) students. Four children with ASD (aged between 8 and 15) experienced two VM interventions, across 10 sessions, during an alternating treatments design: VM using a teacher model, and feedforward video self-modelling (FFVSM) where the student acted as the model. For two participants, FFVSM was found to be an effective intervention but overall, results for both interventions were inconsistent with previous research. Talking Mats Interviews were used to include these individuals within the social validation process of behavioural research.

AB - Video modelling (VM) interventions have been used to improve the fluency of individuals with learning disabilities and reading difficulties; this study aimed to replicate these findings with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) students. Four children with ASD (aged between 8 and 15) experienced two VM interventions, across 10 sessions, during an alternating treatments design: VM using a teacher model, and feedforward video self-modelling (FFVSM) where the student acted as the model. For two participants, FFVSM was found to be an effective intervention but overall, results for both interventions were inconsistent with previous research. Talking Mats Interviews were used to include these individuals within the social validation process of behavioural research.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder/therapy

KW - Autistic Disorder

KW - Child

KW - Comprehension

KW - Humans

KW - Reading

KW - Students

U2 - 10.1007/s10803-021-05217-z

DO - 10.1007/s10803-021-05217-z

M3 - Article

C2 - 34328612

VL - 52

SP - 3366

EP - 3382

JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

SN - 0162-3257

IS - 8

ER -