Comparing the efficacy of video modeling to in vivo modeling for teaching vocational skills to adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of video modeling to the effects of in vivo modeling for teaching new vocational skills to teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Error corrective procedures, a video clip presentation of the step correctly modeled or an in vivo model of the step, were used in each condition. Four teenagers diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder were taught two types of vocational skills and within each skill were taught two variations of the skill, for a total of four different vocational tasks. Each participant learned one variation of a vocational skill through video modeling and the other variation through in vivo modeling. The study demonstrated that learning occurred in both conditions, video modeling and in vivo modeling, and both conditions resulted in mastery of all four skills for three out of four participants, and the mastery of three out of four skills for one participant.