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ERIC Number: EJ1462187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-2154-1647
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Bon Appétit: Acquiring Food Preparation Skills via Virtual Simulation
Emily C. Bouck; Laura Norwine; Holly M. Long; Larissa Jakubow; James Nuse
Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, v60 n1 p86-99 2025
Life skills represent important skills needed for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Technology, including immersive and non-immersive virtual reality, presents options to support the acquisition and maintenance of life skills for students with IDD. In this study, researchers examined a non-immersive virtual simulation module for delivering life skills instruction to high school students with IDD, with particular attention on food preparation--making grilled cheese on a stove. In the single subject multiple probe study with three participants, the researchers found two main results: (a) a functional relation between the intervention--virtual simulations for delivering life skills instruction--and the dependent variable of independent accuracy in making a grilled cheese sandwich on a stove, and (b) students maintained high levels of accuracy in their targeted skill (i.e., making a grilled cheese on a stove) after instruction ended.
Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. DDD, P.O. Box 3512, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Tel: 479-575-3326; Fax: 479-575-6676; Web site: http://www.daddcec.com/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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