Research has shown that children with autism often exhibit a deficit in empathy and perspective taking, (Schrandt, Townsend & Poulson, 2009). The purpose of this research study was to modify the behavior of an 11 year old boy who functioned at a high level with respect to verbal skill and learning ability. He was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder Most techniques used in past studies have not been successful with the exception of video and live modeling, (Gena, Couloura & Kymissis, 2005). This was an applied research study that employed a puppet to model appropriate social-communication skills specific to empathy for this child and others, along with a better understanding of the perspective of his peers in the classroom setting, and during play time. The goal was to use the puppet as a peer to help him change the way he interacted socially with his peers at school. This was a single-subject research design with a multiple-component baseline, which occurred at his school in ten one hour sessions that were broken into two separate sections with breaks in between each section.