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Social Stories for Targeting Behaviors and Developing Empathy in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Innovative Technology-Assisted Intervention

Social Stories for Targeting Behaviors and Developing Empathy in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Innovative Technology-Assisted Intervention

Carol Kahan Kennedy, Lakshmi Bhagavatula, Sean Bedford, Reginald Bennett Jr., Sabine Dorleans, Judith Halden, Philippe Hoffmann, Janelle Morris, Marylin Perez, Clementina Porcelli
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522559184|ISBN10: 1522559183|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522588399|EISBN13: 9781522559191
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5918-4.ch012
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Kennedy, Carol Kahan, et al. "Social Stories for Targeting Behaviors and Developing Empathy in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Innovative Technology-Assisted Intervention." Scientific Concepts Behind Happiness, Kindness, and Empathy in Contemporary Society, edited by Nava R. Silton, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 237-255. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5918-4.ch012

APA

Kennedy, C. K., Bhagavatula, L., Bedford, S., Bennett Jr., R., Dorleans, S., Halden, J., Hoffmann, P., Morris, J., Perez, M., & Porcelli, C. (2019). Social Stories for Targeting Behaviors and Developing Empathy in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Innovative Technology-Assisted Intervention. In N. Silton (Ed.), Scientific Concepts Behind Happiness, Kindness, and Empathy in Contemporary Society (pp. 237-255). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5918-4.ch012

Chicago

Kennedy, Carol Kahan, et al. "Social Stories for Targeting Behaviors and Developing Empathy in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Innovative Technology-Assisted Intervention." In Scientific Concepts Behind Happiness, Kindness, and Empathy in Contemporary Society, edited by Nava R. Silton, 237-255. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5918-4.ch012

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Abstract

This chapter contends that working with clinicians who use media technology, adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder can develop social skills that they need to transition to adulthood and gain employment. Developing empathy is a core challenge for these young people because often they have not learned how to understand others' feelings and motives. Technology can provide a faster learning modality, even for developing empathy. For those adolescents showing a natural affinity for technology and media, the clinician engages them in scripting, directing, and starring in their own instructional video that tells them the steps to learning empathy and other social skills the clinician and adolescent have chosen to address in their individual treatment program. For the successful outcome of treatment, the young person learns not only empathy, but also improves other targeted behaviors such as making appropriate conversation. The mixed-method study presented here follows the progress of 16 ASD clients toward self-sufficiency. The clinicians involved present a training model for clinicians in future practice.

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