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a way to train peers to have meaningful social interactions with students with ASD

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- Peer Modeling
- Peer Initiation Training
- Direct Training for Target Student & Peer
- Peer Networks
- Peer Supports (like Best Buddies or peer tutoring)

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- Increases frequency and duration of social interactions between students with ASD and peers
- Adds quality to social interactions in the classroom and to the relationships between students
- Increases participation for students with ASD
- Promotes positive and natural interactions between groups

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School is hard for learners with ASD due to the amount of stimuli. These relationships make the social aspect during school easier to navigate. PMII allows to friendships to blossom between students with ASD and their peers, helping the peers to also gain important social skills.

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1. Find Naturally Occurring Social Contexts

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1. Find Naturally Occurring Social Contexts

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- Games
- Lunch/Recess
- Transitions
- Small Groups
- Elective spaces

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These peers should:
- Have good social skills, especially in interactions with the learner with ASD
- Similar schedule as learner with ASD
- Attend school regularly
- Good student
- Enthusiasm for participating

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- Set up an orientation meeting
- Discuss goals, strategies, target behaviors, and common interests
- Scripts and role plays can be used
- Notebooks for record keeping

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- Different numbers of peers may be assigned for different times
- May be used in class, at lunch, after school, etc.

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- Verbal/Visual cues
- Prompting
- Reminders

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- Feedback and support
- Weekly meetings
- Reflect on experience

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- Record of skills/success
- Tracks change over time
- Data on what activities are successful
- Target behavior frequency

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- If it's working, keep doing it
- If it's not consider why the learner isn't improving and see if changes can be made, or if PMII won't work for this learner