Using Assistive Technology to Generate Social Skills Use for Students With Emotional Behavior Disorders

Researchers have demonstrated the positive outcomes of using video self-modeling (VSM) with students with emotional behavior disorders (EBDs). VSM typically refers to teacher-created videos demonstrating desired skills or behaviors where the student is the video model performing the skill at a level higher than his or her typical display. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the ease and effectiveness of a student-created VSM to generate social skills use in rural general education classrooms. Included are the steps three students with EBD used to produce VSM using an e-book application as an assistive technology to promote their performance of social skills in the general education environment. Suggestions are provided for school personnel who want to implement this assistive technology strategy in the general education setting