Monica E. Delano (2007).
Improving written language performance of adolescents with asperger syndrome.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
40, 345-351.
The effects of a multicomponent intervention involving self-regulated strategy development delivered
via video self-modeling on the written language performance of 3 students with Asperger syndrome
were examined. During intervention sessions, each student watched a video of himself performing
strategies for increasing the number of words written and the number of functional essay elements.
He then wrote a persuasive essay. The number of words written and number of functional essay elements
included in each essay were measured. Each student demonstrated gains in the number of words written
and number of functional essay elements. Maintenance of treatment effects at follow-up varied across
targets and participants. Implications for future research are suggested.
DESCRIPTORS: adolescents, autism, academic behavior, video modeling, writing