Comparison of Static Picture and Video Prompting on the Performance of Cooking-Related Tasks by Students with Autism

Abstract

This study compared the effectiveness of static photographs and video prompts on the independent task performance of six young men with a diagnosis of autism. An adapted alternating-treatment design with baseline, comparison, withdrawal, and final treatment conditions was used to measure the percentage of cooking-related tasks completed independently by each student across the two treatments. Both procedures were effective in increasing correct task performance for all participants from baseline levels where only verbal task directions were provided. However, participants independently completed a greater number of tasks when using video prompting. During the final treatment phase each student further increased his level of performance when using video prompting with sets of tasks receiving static picture prompts during the comparison phase.

Effects of Video Prompting Techniques on Teaching Daily Living Skills to Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

“…Participants in 9 of the studies also were diagnosed as having mild or moderate intellectual disabilities (Cannella-Malone et al, 2006;Goodson, Sigafoos, O'Reilly, Cannella, & Lancioni, 2007;Mechling et al, 2009;Mechling & Gustafson, 2008;Rayner, 2011;Sigafoos et al, 2005;Sigafoos et al, 2007;Van Laarhoven et al, 2010;Van Laarhoven & Van Laarhoven-Myers, 2006 Age of the participants ranged from 9 years to 41 years. Seven studies included middle school-and high school-aged students (Bereznak et al, 2012;Cannella-Malone et al, 2011;Cannella-Malone et al, 2012;Mechling et al, 2009;Mechling & Gustafson, 2008;Van Laarhoven et al, 2010;Van Laarhoven & Van Laarhoven-Myers, 2006). Four studies included adults (19-41 years) with autism (Cannella-Malone et al, 2006;Goodson et al, 2007;Sigafoos et al, 2005;Sigafoos et al, 2007).…”

“…Another study was conducted in a vocational training center that the participants attended (Goodson et al, 2007). The remaining eight studies were conducted in a variety of settings within a school environment including classrooms, cafeterias, living rooms, laundry rooms, and teacher workrooms (Bereznak et al, 2012;Cannella-Malone et al, 2011;Cannella-Malone et al, 2012;Mechling et al, 2009;Mechling & Gustafson, 2008;Rayner, 2011;Van Laarhoven et al, 2010;Van Laarhoven & Van Laarhoven-Myers, 2006) …”

Using a Personal Digital Assistant to Increase Independent Task Completion by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…Picture-based systems are one form of visual support that has been described in the research literature to be effective with students with ASD (Lancioni and O'Reilly 2001;Mechling 2007). Picturebased systems have successfully cued students with ASD to complete multi-step tasks including: daily living skills (Pierce and Schreibman 1994); transitions (Bryan and Gast 2000;Dettmer et al 2000;Schmit et al 2000); following a photographic schedule at home ; initiating and completing an activity following a photographic activity schedule ; and cooking related tasks (Mechling and Gustafson 2008).…”

“…Video-based systems have been used by students with ASD for completing tasks with multiple components including: purchasing (Alcantara 1994); toileting (Keen et al 2007); self-help skills (Hagiwara and Myles 1999); daily living skills (Murzynski and Bourret 2007;ShipleyBenamou et al 2002); food preparation (Sigafoos et al 2005); dish washing ); putting away groceries (Ayres and Langone 2007;Cannella-Malone et al 2006); setting a table (Cannella-Malone et al; Goodson et al 2007); and cooking related tasks (Mechling and Gustafson 2008).…”

Using a Personal Digital Assistant to Increase Completion of Novel Tasks and Independent Transitioning by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…Traditionally, activity schedules and visual task analysis have been in the form of light tech, picture-based systems presented in a small notebook or desk top schedule (Banda and Grimmett 2008;Banda et al 2009;Bryan and Gast 2000;Carson et al 2008;Dettmer et al 2000;Dooley et al 2001;Lee 2006;MacDuff et al 1993;Massey and Wheeler 2000;Mechling 2007;Pierce and Schreibman 1994;Spriggs et al 2007) although some reports and research exist whereby computers and video-based systems have been used to present schedules (Dauphin et al 2004;Kimball et al 2004;Rehfeldt et al 2004;Stromer et al 2006) and multiple step tasks (Cannella-Malone et al 2006;Graves et al 2005;Mechling and Gustafson 2008;Norman et al 2001;Sigafoos et al 2005).…”