Efficacy of Video Modelling (VM) in Developing Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at School in Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Video modelling (VM) has been found to be an effective intervention in supporting the improvement of social capabilities for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study examined the effectiveness using video modelling in developing two specific social skills of four students with ASD in a special boys’ school namely, playing with friends and how to greet someone at school. The multiple-baseline design across participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the video modelling intervention for developing social skills over a period of 18 weeks. The data collected during the study were analysed and discussed in the context of the research questions and literature on the effectiveness of video modelling interventions in developing social skills of children with ASD. The study found that video modelling was effective in developing the targeted social skills in the participating students with ASD and there was evidence that some generalisation of skills had been achieved.

KEYWORDS:

• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
• culture
• interventions
• saudi Arabia
• social skills
• teachers
• video modelling

Acknowledgments

The author extends his appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding this work through the Research Project No NFG-7-18-01-24

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Ethical Approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.