This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund for Development of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Local Councils in Israel
People with mild to moderate Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities often find it difficult to integrate into the workplace. This project included the development of demonstration and learning videos, examining their usability and their use for intervention to promote the social skills required in the work world. The study examined people with mild to moderate Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who exhibited difficulty in adaptive behavior. The outcome measures included behavioral questionnaires and observations of performance and were sampled at four time points: one month before the intervention, immediately prior to the intervention, after the intervention and one month after the intervention. There was a significant improvement in adaptive behavior immediately after, and one month after the completion of the intervention. Improvement in behaviors not addressed during the intervention were found as well. These results provide preliminary evidence of the usability and effectiveness of video modelling during an intervention that combines learning by demonstration along with a social problem-solving approach for this population.
Key words: Intellectual and Developmental disabilities, video self-modeling, video modeling, social problem-solving approach