Social development of students with disabilities may be promoted by interaction with their general education peers. Although many peer-mediated strategies shared common features in regard to measuring social interaction as an outcome variable, variability existed in regard to the components of the interventions and how they were implemented. To identify possible factors relating to intervention effectiveness, the purpose of this study was to provide a critical analysis of peer-mediated strategies utilized to promote social interaction with high school students with disabilities in relation to demographic characteristics, methodological issues, and findings. Based on the review of empirical literature, the progress were made in the development of peer-mediated strategies to facilitate social interaction skills of high school students with disabilities. However,
there were some methodological limitations including lack of generalization and maintenance measures. Findings are discussed in relation to critical variables that may relate to intervention effectiveness in future research and practice efforts.