Transcript Double Interview Task

POPARD
Allison Adams
Education and Behaviour Consultant
Double Interview Task
Assessment of Skills Includes:
• Ability to shift perspective from self to
other
• Ability to formulate questions about
someone else
• Ability to maintain a topic around another
person’s interests
Bellini’s List of Common Deficit Areas
• Non-verbal communication
• Social initiation
• Reciprocity & terminating interactions
• Social cognition
• Social anxiety & withdrawal
• Behaviors associated with perspective
taking & self awareness
Bellini, 2006
Double Interview
• Part I – educator interviews student
• Part II - student identifies photos of
educator’s family, friends, hobbies, etc.
• Part III – student interviews the educator
for the stated purpose of finding out more
about her
Video Clip #1
• Changes topic to fit own interests or topics
• Engages in socially inappropriate
behaviours
• Answers questions tangentially or abruptly
- ends line of questioning
Video Clip #2
• Inappropriate voice volume (too loud, too
soft)
• Answers questions tangentially or abruptly
- ends line of questioning
• Fails to maintain appropriate eye contact
• Appears uncomfortable or physically
awkward ; squirms, fidgets, grimaces
Video Clip #3
• Asks shallow questions and fails to ask
follow up questions to elicit more
information about other
• No coherent flow to questions
Video Clip #4
• Asks questions or comments on own
personal interests
• Asks shallow questions and fails to ask
follow up questions to elicit more
information about other
• Diverts topic to own experiences, or takes
more than one conversational turn on own
topic area
Resources
• For further information related to this
module click on the links below.
• www.socialthinking.com
• www.asperger.net
References
• Bellini, S. (2006). Building social
relationships. Autism Asperger Publishing
Company, Shawnee Mission, KS.
• Winner, M.(2002). Thinking about you,
thinking about me. San Jose, CA.
eLearning Brief
– Allison Adams (POPARD Education &
Behaviour Consultant) describes the purpose
for, and steps involved in completing Michelle
Winner’s Double Interview Task as part of a
social skills assessment. Video clips
demonstrate parts of the interview process
and the use of the Double Interview
Assessment Checklist.
Related eLearning Lessons
• Social Thinking Groups
• Teaching Conversation Skills
• Circle Time Conversation
• Conversation & Topic Maintenance
• Sharing Information During Conversations
Related Downloads
• Double Interview Assessment Checklist
• Double Interview Questions