Christopher Osterhaus, Susanne Koerber, Beate Sodian
Scientific thinking in elementary school: Children's social cognition and their epistemological understanding promote experimentation skills
Developmental psychology
static picture sp schedules established intervention children autism spectrum disorder asd use video modeling vm thoroughly investigated compare effectiveness vm prompts versus sp prompts improving autistic childrens independence daily living skills experimental alternating treatment design approved private school children disabilities seventeen participants 13 male 4 female ages 918 yr asd diagnosis visual prompts using tablet provided task participation data collected two phases type frequency prompts required complete task documented participant intervention session vm sp conditions resulted improvements least one phase participants demonstrated decrease number required cues complete task increase independence complete task decrease number cues required baseline end data collection indicated clinically meaningful improvement task completion vm sp prompts resulted increase independence daily living skills participants demonstrating improvement either condition indicating use visual prompts either vm sp effective asd population plainlanguage summary occupational therapy practitioners work autistic children adolescents often identify improving daily living skills goal area findings study build evidence supports use visual aid either static picture video modeling improve autistic childrens acquisition daily living skills findings also highlight emerging evidence related level function effectiveness associated type visual cue positionality statement article primarily uses identityfirst language ie autistic person times personfirst language ie person autism reflect variability language preferences autism community lord et al 2022