Teaching Small Talk: Increasing On-Topic Conversational Exchanges in College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Using Remote Audio Coaching.
Behav Modif
; 45(2): 251-271, 2021 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-949203
ABSTRACT
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often have deficits in interpersonal skills due to limited social-communication opportunities. Knowing how to engage in "small talk" or simple social conversational exchanges can be beneficial in postsecondary schooling, employment sites, community environments, and social gatherings. Recently, covert audio coaching (CAC) showed a positive impact on increasing conversational exchanges. As the COVID-19 pandemic increased the need for remote delivery tools, we explored the effectiveness of remote audio coaching (RAC) to teach this skill to college students with IDD. We used a multiple baseline design across participants to examine whether RAC might increase on-topic, small talk conversational exchanges. Results demonstrated that RAC effectively increased small talk skills between participants and a confederate. Upon removal of RAC, all participants still performed above their baselines, with two participants maintaining near mastery levels 2 weeks after the intervention was removed. Limitations and future research are discussed.
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Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Communication
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Education, Distance
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Education of Intellectually Disabled
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Social Skills
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Mentoring
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Behav Modif
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0145445520975174
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