VODcast: Cooking Supper
One of my students stayed over for the weekend. We captured the finale of his cooking supper on video. If you are receiving this post via e-mail or podcast, you can click on our website to view the Seesmic video http://FAQautism.com.
Cooking is a great activity for those youngsters with autism who have short attention spans or who have difficulty completing tasks independently. Food is a great motivator for a kid who is hungry!
The youngster in this Seesmic VODcast really focused on the step-by-step process of cooking red beans and rice because he was hungry after a busy afternoon. Earlier in the day, we went to the nursery to pick out a pumpkin and some pansies. He helped unload the potting soil and mulch from the trunk of the car, then helped pot the pansies. After several hours of gardening chores, we spent some time watching cars drive by while sitting on the front porch swing before coming inside to cook supper.
The youngster followed a written step-by-step list of instructions. He is at the stage of needing reminders to keep working. At school and home, he usually stops after completing one step of a task and waits for a verbal prompt to look at the next step. You will notice that in the interest of time during the video taping of the final phase of the cooking project, I simply gave quick verbal instructions without giving him a chance to initiate the next step. Under normal circumstances, I would just wait to see if he knew what to do next e.g. get a fork, sit down to eat, and so on. Notice that he did ask for a plate – the smell of his good cooking was making him HUNGRY!
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