Typical Preschoolers Who Can Not Zipper Clinical Trial
Official title:
Effectiveness of Visual Cues and Verbal Storytelling in Teaching Preschool Children Zippering
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.
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.
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