The Cool versus Not Cool™ procedure is a social skills intervention commonly used in the Autism Partnership Method that teaches the cool (i.e., appropriate) and not cool (i.e., inappropriate) way to engage in social behavior. This is done through modeling the social behavior the cool and not cool way, having the individual decide if and why the model was cool or not cool, and having the individual role-play. This study demonstrated the effectiveness of the Cool versus Not Cool™ procedure to teach joint attention in a social skills group setting for several children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
