Examining the Effects of Parent-Created and Parent-Implemented Video Prompting to Teach Daily Living Skills to an Adolescent with Autism.
Gulnoza Yakubova, Briella Baer Chen
PMID 33590428WHAT IT FOUND
For one adolescent with autism, his mother's videos plus escalating prompts helped him complete three daily living tasks independently at home.
One week later he used videos less and still completed most steps, but this single case cannot show it works for others.
Key findings
01For the three tasks, independent step completion during intervention was higher than baseline: confirming appointment 30.77% to 92.31%, flossing 15.0% to 89.17%, frying egg 8.0% to 91.1%.
02After a 1-week break, independent completion remained high: confirming appointment 92.31%, flossing 86.67%, frying egg 95.56%.
03The adolescent reached mastery after 6 sessions for confirming appointment, 8 for flossing, and 6 for frying egg; mean steps requiring error correction were 7.7%, 10.8%, and 8.9%.
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What it does not show
Only one adolescent and one parent took part, so the findings cannot show what would happen in other families. The adolescent had average cognitive ability and no intellectual disability, so results may not apply to people with co-occurring cognitive disability. The mother had a master's-level education and was highly motivated, which may not reflect other parents' time, confidence, or access to support. The intervention combined parent-created video prompts with a least-prompting error correction sequence, so the study cannot separate which part produced the gains. Follow-up was only 1 week after intervention, so long-term maintenance is unknown. The study did not test whether the skills generalized to new settings, materials, or people. The confirming appointment task used the same doctor's office and calendar, while real appointments require flexibility and changing information. The parent received training and feedback from the research team, so independent implementation without that support may differ.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not treat this as proof that parent-created video prompting works for all adolescents with autism. The study included one adolescent and one parent, and the intervention combined video prompts with escalating prompts, so neither component alone can be credited.