Examining the Effects of Parent-Created and Parent-Implemented Video Prompting to Teach Daily Living Skills to an Adolescent with Autism

One teen with autism needed help with showering, laundry, and cooking.

The research team taught mom and dad to film short clips on their phone.

Each clip showed one step of the task. Parents also learned to pause the video if the teen goofed and to re-show the step.

One two-hour training plus a few coach texts was enough for parents to run the program alone at home.

The teen did each task correctly right away.

Skill scores jumped from 20 % to 95 % in just a few days.

One week later the teen still nailed every step without the videos.

Parents stuck to the steps almost perfectly.

McIntyre et al. (2002) first showed that four short classes can teach parents to plan behavior programs. Yakubova adds: parents can also create the teaching videos themselves.

Sofronoff et al. (2002) found that parent training boosts mom and dad confidence. Yakubova shows the same payoff, but with bigger skill gains and fewer meetings.

Vascelli et al. (2020) used speed drills to teach daily living skills. Yakubova gets the same end point with video prompting, giving families a cheaper tool they can run at home.

You can hand parents a tripod and a checklist and walk away. One evening of training plus a few texts is enough for them to shoot, edit, and run a video-prompting program that locks in showering, cooking, or laundry skills. No clinic visits, no extra staff. Try it next time you want to send homework home.