Video Modeling in Task Acquisition of Juvenile Offenders in One State’s Detention Center

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Abstract

The uses of video modeling have been demonstrated to teach individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) with task acquisition. Video based interventions (VBI) as an evidence based means of teaching individuals with ID to adapt to their environment (teaching skills and independence ) has proven to be effective and accepted as a viable method in task acquisition (Mecheling, Ayres, Bryant and Foster, 2014). In addition, people with ID often learn by copying others and emulating behaviors through observations. To help juvenile offenders to fit in to their environment, follow directions and complete required tasks the need for reasonable accommodation is imperative for juvenile offenders with ID to help them to obtain supports to be able to operate efficiently in a correctional setting. Moreover, limited attention span plays a role in difficulty understanding long questions and extensive directions (The Arc, nd.) which adds to their difficulty in learning actions, behaviors and task in an independent traditional manner. This population has little to no accommodations/supports offer to them in a correctional setting. Therefore, this study serves to explore video modeling as an intervention in a juvenile correctional setting as an accommodation to assist juveniles with ID comply with rules, procedures and task acquisition.

Author

• Lisa Dunkley, University of Kentucky