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2.1 - Why Use It?
Recommended for Spectrum use since 1971
A form of instruction in which a student observes a video of someone demonstrating a target skill.
Is video modeling important for autism education?
Many researchers believe video modeling is an important tool for academic and personal/ /social growth as well as language development and volition.
See my post Popularizing the use of video modeling with autism. Or read the first of 3 brief articles introducing the subject of video modeling to the general public.
Why encourage best practices?
Understanding what it is and how it works, makes us more effective consumers of technology. This understanding will come through information sharing. But, successfully integrating it into Spectrum life will require guidelines for implementation and collaboration between parents and school.
How does video modeling affect my child?
Video can often have a profound effect on behavior, especially for moderate to severely involved students. It doesn’t require a trained eye to recognize the “A-ha!” moment … the flash when a child first “gets it”. When that happens, the child is ready to learn. Drs Lynn and Robert Koegel, early ABA researchers are interested in video's apparent ability to elicit Pivotal Responses.
The Koegels have developed Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) “… a naturalistic intervention model derived from ABA approaches. Rather than target individual behaviors, one at a time, Pivotal Response influences key areas of a child’s development, such as motivation, responsivity to multiple cues, self-management, and social initiations. The Koegels believe that by targeting these critical areas, PRT results in widespread, collateral improvements in other social, communicative, and behavioral areas that are not specifically targeted.“
Parents, educators and administrators are not subject to the strict guidelines researcher must follow. What guidelines must we follow?
Today, anyone can connect access the Internet, flip on a social skills dvd or make even their own video clip . With a little help to get started, parents and teachers can understand what to buy as well as how to do it themselves, if they so choose.
That help is available.
This informational clip from the Siskin Institute demonstrates how simple it can be to make some of your own clips
What options do you have if you don't want to make your own clips?
You can buy one.
Here's a side-by-side comparison of homemade vs commercial
There's a lot more than meets the eye when discussing video modeling
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Our objective is to identify and connect parents and educators to all the information they will need through a series of webinars designed to:
1. Increase public awareness of video modeling
2. Provide information that will ensure parents and educator
understand how to use all their tools effectively
3. Help develop a framework for best practices recommendations as well as procedures outlining how collaborative efforts can by conduced.
4. Identify additional mechanisms to serve continuing public needs
These are the topics for round table discussion between panels of experts representing all stake holder groups. This free webinar series will be co-hosted by Steve Hargedon of Elluminate and Classroom 2.0.
Agendas will be determined by responses to our public stakeholder survey. Once responses have been reviewed, advocates will be selected for round table discussion of core issues and timetables can be established.
Read a preliminary round table discussion on video modeling between Dr. Stephen Shore, Ann Millan and myself, moderated by Kathleen Tehrani of the Omni-Intelligencer.com
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Articles:
An
Introduction to Video Modeling
Introduction-to-Video-Modeling-II
Autism collaboration: Interview
Autism Round Table: Video Self Modeling
Introduction-to-Video-Modeling-II
Autism collaboration: Interview
Autism Round Table: Video Self Modelingwith Dr. Stephen Shore and Ann Milan
Hosted by Kathleen Tehrani of the Omni-Intelligencer
