Comparison of physical and simultaneous video prompts in the acquisition of play and vocational tasks
Document Type
Thesis
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Psychology
Degree
M.S. Applied Behavior Analysis
Date Completed
2012
First Committee Member
Ahearn, William
Second Committee Member
MacDonald, Rebecca
Third Committee Member
Karsten, Amanda
Abstract
"Many response prompting procedures have been found to effectively teach behavior chains to children with developmental disabilities. A recently developed response prompt, Simultaneous Video Modeling (SVM), consists of a video model being presented simultaneous with the opportunity to complete the task modeled. The current study contained prompt comparison of traditional physical prompting and SVM prompting for teaching behavior chains. In the first phase, the two prompts were compared using play tasks. The goal of the first phase was to present a precise comparison of the two prompt procedures teaching two block building tasks of equal difficulty. In the second phase, the same comparison was conducted teaching two similar vocational tasks in an attempt to replicate the results of the first phase and to test the efficacy of the SVM prompt in teaching tasks for which its use may be especially beneficial (i.e., when teacher prompting is less acceptable due to potential inconsistencies and obtrusiveness of prompt). Two participants acquired the play task using both prompt procedures and one participant did not learn using SVM. In the vocational task comparison, one participant learned the task using SVM prompting and two did not acquire the response. The results of the study suggest that SVM may be an effective prompting procedure to produce acquisition of play and vocational tasks for some individuals with developmental disabilities but further exploration of this prompting technique is warranted."
Recommended Citation
Pendergrass, Amanda B., "Comparison of physical and simultaneous video prompts in the acquisition of play and vocational tasks" (2012). Master’s Theses - College of Arts and Sciences. 190.
https://digitalcommons.wne.edu/castheses/190
