Data for "Teaching Social Skills to Adults with Autism Using Video Modeling" study.

<b>BACKGROUND: </b>The ability to socialize with fluency increases opportunities when pursuing one’s interests in all aspects of life including education, employment, recreation, and personal relationships.<b>OBJECTIVE:</b> This case study evaluated the effectiveness of a video peer-modeling intervention to evaluate its effectiveness on the acquisition and maintenance of social skills for three individuals with autism in a transition setting.<b>RESULTS:</b> At baseline, each of the three participants gave little to no response when greeted but after the video modeling and prompting intervention all three had acquired at least five out of six (83%) of the target behavior steps. Follow-up probes demonstrated that all three of the participants had maintained at least 4 out of 6 (67%) of the targeted steps weeks after the intervention phase had finished.<b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>These data suggest that using peer video modeling and prompting to teach social skills to adults with autism can be an effective educational intervention.