Abstract:
Pragmatic skills prove difficult for children with Asperger’s syndrome. The purpose of this study was to determine if video modeling positively impacted pragmatic skills. The subject was a 9 year old with Asperger’s Syndrome. A spontaneous speech-language sample was conducted to gather data. The researcher and subject discussed the components of a conversation. A live TV interview of an author the subject was already interested in was viewed. The subject practiced and conducted his own interview with a partner who also had Asperger’s Syndrome. The partner had previously participated in a similar study. Four behaviors were targeted for increase or decrease. The intervention was successful in three of four behaviors resulting in an increase of pragmatic appropriateness overall.