etadd_46(4) - Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities
etadd_46(4) - Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities
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TABLE 1<br />
Student Characteristics<br />
Student<br />
Method<br />
Participants<br />
Chr<strong>on</strong>ological<br />
Age Ethnicity IQ<br />
Brittany 12 Caucasian 72 a<br />
Rose 13 Caucasian 61 a<br />
Wes 12 African American 63 a<br />
a WISC-IV.<br />
b GAC<br />
c ABAS-II<br />
d Test Scores unavailable; score given is a teacher estimate<br />
e Woodcock-Johns<strong>on</strong><br />
Three sixth grade students with mild intellectual<br />
disabilities served as participants for this<br />
study. Brittany, Rose, <strong>and</strong> Wes were nominated<br />
by their teacher for participati<strong>on</strong> in the<br />
study based <strong>on</strong> the following: (a) willingness<br />
to participate, (b) level of cognitive functi<strong>on</strong>ing<br />
within the mild range of intellectual disabilities,<br />
(c) no sensory deficits, (d) limited, or<br />
no experience cooking, <strong>and</strong> (e) successful<br />
completi<strong>on</strong> of a pre-training program. Two of<br />
the participants were Caucasian <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong>e was<br />
African American <strong>and</strong> all participants spent<br />
approximately 80% of their time in a special<br />
educati<strong>on</strong> setting for students with mild intellectual<br />
disabilities <strong>and</strong> 20% of their time in<br />
general educati<strong>on</strong>, largely for elective courses<br />
(i.e., physical educati<strong>on</strong>). All participants<br />
spoke English as their first language. Intelligence,<br />
adaptive behavior ratings, <strong>and</strong> reading<br />
<strong>and</strong> math levels were obtained from the<br />
teacher. Table 1 provides a summary for each<br />
participant.<br />
Brittany. Brittany was a 12 year-old sixthgrade<br />
female with a mild intellectual disability.<br />
Brittany had limited previous cooking experience<br />
at home <strong>and</strong> no previous cooking<br />
experience at school. Additi<strong>on</strong>ally, Brittany<br />
reported she did not have previous experience<br />
using an iPod. Despite her limited cooking<br />
experience, Brittany expressed interest in<br />
using an iPod to learn how to make new recipes.<br />
Rose. Rose was a 13 year-old sixth-grade<br />
female with a mild intellectual disability. Rose<br />
reported she had limited previous cooking<br />
experience at home, <strong>and</strong> Rose’s special educati<strong>on</strong><br />
teacher indicated she did not have previous<br />
cooking experience at school. Additi<strong>on</strong>ally,<br />
Rose reported she did not have previous<br />
experience using an iPod, but she did have<br />
experience using another br<strong>and</strong> of MP3<br />
player <strong>and</strong> thought it was easy to use. Rose was<br />
also interested in learning how to cook <strong>and</strong><br />
making new recipes using videos although she<br />
lacked prior experience with these types of<br />
activities.<br />
Wes. Wes was a 12 year-old sixth-grade<br />
male with a mild intellectual disability. Wes<br />
reported his parents did not typically allow<br />
him to cook at home. Wes’ teacher indicated<br />
he did not have previous cooking experience<br />
at school. Wes also indicated he had no previous<br />
experience using an iPod, though he did<br />
state that he was good at “figuring out computers<br />
<strong>and</strong> a lot of stuff.” Similar to Brittany<br />
<strong>and</strong> Rose, Wes expressed an interest in using<br />
an iPod to learn how to cook.<br />
Setting<br />
Adaptive<br />
Behavior Reading Math<br />
44 b<br />
77 c<br />
88 b<br />
4.5 th grade d<br />
83 e<br />
87 e<br />
4.5 th grade d<br />
45 e<br />
70 e<br />
All cooking activities took place in the participants’<br />
special educati<strong>on</strong> classroom. Up<strong>on</strong> entering<br />
the classroom there was a small area<br />
(approximately <strong>on</strong>e-fourth of the classroom)<br />
with three sinks, a counter, cooking appliances<br />
(i.e., toaster oven, toaster, blender, <strong>and</strong><br />
microwave), <strong>and</strong> a refrigerator. Additi<strong>on</strong>ally, a<br />
round table with six chairs was present for<br />
502 / Educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Training in <strong>Autism</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Developmental</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong>-December 2011