Exploring Feasibility and Social Validity of a Multicomponent Social Narrative Intervention

The present pilot study explored the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a multicomponent social narrative intervention to teach behavioral expectations. We conducted a multiple probe design across three children to evaluate the effects of the intervention on student behavior. In addition, we measured the fidelity of teacher implementation and open-ended responses on a social validity measure. Teachers were trained to implement the multicomponent intervention using Behavioral Skills Training (BST), which they subsequently used in combination with social narratives to teach their students. A modest change in behavior was observed for two target children. Teachers rated some components of the intervention as acceptable; those components were also implemented with higher overall fidelity.