Typical Preschoolers Who Can Not Zipper
Conditions
Brief summary
Preschoolers are assigned to a control group or a comparison group to examine the efficacy of a new intervention to teach the skill of engaging and pulling up a zipper.
Detailed description
Purpose: This pilot study compares the efficacy of a standard teaching zippering vest presented with general verbal prompts to a modified teaching zippering vest presented with a related story and vocabulary in the acquisition of zippering skills among typically developing preschoolers. Institutional Review Board approval and parent consent was obtained. Design: An experimental two group pre-post test design was used. Setting: Research occurred in a local preschool. Participants: Participants were recruited from fifty 3.6-to 4.11-year-old preschoolers. Intervention: Eligible children received 3 zippering practice sessions with either a standard zippering vest (control group) or a modified vest with added visual and language cues (comparison group). The treatment protocol for both cohorts of participants was administered over a three-week time period to minimize the impact of normal development.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALStandard zippering vest
Standard zippering vest used to teach zippering
BEHAVIORALModified zippering vest
Modified zippering vest used to teach zippering, along with related story
Sponsors
Salus University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)
Masking description
Preschoolers are not aware of whether they receive zippering instruction using a standard teaching zippering vest or the modified one. The parents were not aware which group their child was put in. All children received extra practice with zippering, in both groups.
Intervention model description
two cohort
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
42 Months to 60 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Child must be typically developing as assessed by the Developmental Assessment of Young Children 2 (DAYC-2) developmental screening. Child must be between 42 and 60 months of age. Child must be unable to zip by a) parent report and b) three observed attempts to zipper -
Exclusion criteria
Child must meet inclusion criteria and be present at school during three researcher visits to the preschool within three consecutive weeks. \-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zippering steps completed | all data was collected within three weeks for each child to minimize the impact of typical development | The task of engaging and pulling up a zipper was broken down to 7 steps. By examining video data, the number of zippering steps completed was analyzed for each zippering trial. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed