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Video Prompts to Teach Daily Living Skills

Focus on Autism and Other Disabilities published a small, preliminary study on using video prompting with different fading procedures to teach daily living skills to two students with developmental disabilities.  Video prompting shows a short video clip of one step of a task, then the participant completes that step before showing the video of the next step. […]

Video Modeling for Gross and Fine Motor Tasks

The Journal of Special Education published research on the effectiveness of video modeling for fine and gross motor tasks.  The subjects consisted of 3 individuals with moderate intellectual disabilities and 3 individuals with autism. The results indicated the following: an increase in the number of fine and gross motor tasks correctly performed following the introduction […]

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Video Modeling for Children with Autism

Some research has indicated that the use of video modeling can help children with autism achieve different skills. Shipley-Benamou et al (2002) used video modeling instruction to teach 5 daily living skills to three children with autism. The video modeling was effective in promoting skill acquisition for 3/3 children who participated. Additional research has been […]