title: The effectiveness of video prompting on teaching aquatic play skills for children with autism.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effectiveness of the video prompting procedure on teaching aquatic play skills and to determine the effects of aquatic exercise training on the motor performance of children with autism.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multiple probe design across behaviours was used and replicated across subjects for the instructional part of this study. Pretest-posttest design was applied for the exercise training part of this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three children with autism were taught three aquatic play skills in a one-to-one training format. Aquatic play skills intervention and aquatic exercise training were performed separately throughout 12 weeks at three sessions per week, each lasting 1 h. The video prompting procedure was utilized for the instruction part of this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Video prompting was effective in teaching aquatic play skills to children with autism. In addition, aquatic exercise training increased the total motor performance scores of all the participants after 12 weeks. According to the social validity results, the families gave positive feedback about the learned skills and movement capabilities of their children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Aquatic play skills and swimming pools are favoured for children with autism. This attractive intervention is recommended as a means to extend knowledge of leisure skills and motor development of children with autism.
authors.affiliation: Anadolu University, Research Institute for the Handicapped, Eskisehir, Turkey. myanardag@anadolu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanardag
authors.forename: Nurgul
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akmanoglu
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000379:methods*