Re: Does any use YouTube videos with their ASD kids?

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

We'll definately be checking this out.. my son is addicted to

Youtube.. His main obsession is the Tank engine and he loves

not only watching episodes on there but also loves watching the home

videos other kids have made with their train sets.. which he now

does as well and we let him use our camcorder to make his own..

But this would be a great tool for when he is at grandma and

grandpa's house and they want to let him use Youtube but not have to

watch every little second of it..

>

> Does anyone else use YouTube videos with their ASD kids?

>

> We use YouTube videos with my son both as reinforcers and as a

> self-guided leisure activity. The actual YouTube website was too

> difficult for him to use so I made him a little web page with

links to

> his favorite videos. He watches various short Disney and Dr. Seuss

> videos, etc.

>

> It worked so well that I created a little website where anyone

could

> create their own YouTube playlist. I thought it would be

> useful for the general SPED community (and for anyone else who

wants

> to make their own video playlist).

>

> The web site is called http://www.videoplaylist.org

>

> You can see my son's playlist here:

http://www.videoplaylist.org/pkf

>

> The website is very plain and simple for now. I'll probably make it

> more fancy over time. In addition to building a list of videos, you

> can do things like create categories, set a background image, etc.

if

> you want to.

>

> For now it's all free. I may ask for donations someday, but only

if it

> develops into something very useful for people.

>

> Please feel free to try this out and let me know if you like it

(or if

> it doesn't work). It has been a very good tool for us. I showed it

> to the inclusion facilitator at my son's school and she began to

use

> it for other kids in the school as well, which was neat to see.

>

> Best regards,

>

> Jeff

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the feedback . I hope it is useful for you. Please

feel free to pass it along to anyone who might get some benefit from

it.

We've had some success letting my son watch his playlist when

visiting my parents' house and my brother's house. We try not to rely

on this kind of thing too much, but it's nice to have an option when

you are trying to interact like a real person.

Jeff

> >

> > Does anyone else use YouTube videos with their ASD kids?

> >

> > We use YouTube videos with my son both as reinforcers and as a

> > self-guided leisure activity. The actual YouTube website was too

> > difficult for him to use so I made him a little web page with

> links to

> > his favorite videos. He watches various short Disney and Dr. Seuss

> > videos, etc.

> >

> > It worked so well that I created a little website where anyone

> could

> > create their own YouTube playlist. I thought it would be

> > useful for the general SPED community (and for anyone else who

> wants

> > to make their own video playlist).

> >

> > The web site is called http://www.videoplaylist.org

> >

> > You can see my son's playlist here:

> http://www.videoplaylist.org/pkf

> >

> > The website is very plain and simple for now. I'll probably make

it

> > more fancy over time. In addition to building a list of videos,

you

> > can do things like create categories, set a background image,

etc.

> if

> > you want to.

> >

> > For now it's all free. I may ask for donations someday, but only

> if it

> > develops into something very useful for people.

> >

> > Please feel free to try this out and let me know if you like it

> (or if

> > it doesn't work). It has been a very good tool for us. I showed it

> > to the inclusion facilitator at my son's school and she began to

> use

> > it for other kids in the school as well, which was neat to see.

> >

> > Best regards,

> >

> > Jeff

> >

>