Peer-Mediated Instruction and Activity Schedules: Tools for Providing Academic Support for Students With ASD

Peer-Mediated Instruction and Activity Schedules: Tools for Providing Academic Support for Students With ASD

One approach to support students with ASD in general education classrooms is peer-mediated instruction and intervention (PMII). PMII is an evidence-based practice in which peers serve to support both the academic achievement and social-skill development of students with specific learning needs, including students with ASD (National Autism Center [NAC], 2015; Wong et al., 2015). PMII involves the recruitment and training of peers without disabilities to model and reinforce academic and social behaviors in the classroom (Bene, Banda, & Brown, 2014; Chan et al., 2009). PMII supplements teacherdelivered instruction by incorporating peers to promote learning through systematic prompting, social initiations, and increased opportunities to respond.

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Mahoney, M. W. M. (2019). Peer-Mediated Instruction and Activity Schedules: Tools for Providing Academic Support for Students With ASD. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 51(5), 350–360.