A VIDEOTAPE PEER SELF-MODELING PROGRAM TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

An ABACD design was utilized to examine the effectiveness of a video-t aped modeling program. The purpose of the program was to increase comm unity involvement of a man with developmental disabilities who was ref using to go on outings following recent invasive medical procedures. T he initial program consisted of a baseline phase, during which the sub ject most often refused to go out into the community, and an intervent ion phase involving the presentation of a brief video as a prompt to g o on an outing. The video portrayed two of the subject's peers going o ut to eat, shopping, or going to a bank, A return to baseline was foll owed by a phase involving therapist contact in which taping and progra m redevelopment occurred. Following this phase, intervention was again implemented. This intervention phase involved brief video presentatio ns that portrayed the subject himself going on outings. The results su ggest clinically significant improvement during both intervention phas es. This study illustrates the utility of peer- and self-modeling prog rams in treating populations with severe disabilities and endorses the usefulness of video as a modeling tool.