Re: An idea on play skills & video modeling

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In a message dated 3/9/01 5:56:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, Aurugby1@...

writes:

<< His father and I just couldn't help but wonder, if we rigged up a camera

to a

tv and simulated the same thing, but with a Disney background and had disney

characters out...if he would be interested in playing with the characters,

so

he could watch them on TV?   We will be trying to rig this up next

week...I'll tell you how it goes.  Hopefully this will work....seems like a

neat idea at least. >>

And on this topic, what has everyone experienced with video modeling? It

seems like a good idea in the way that social stories are a good idea. We

know that many of our kids are obsessively involved with TV. I have read one

favorable article. If it turns out to be EMPIRICALLY validated, then I may

implement in my classroom next year. It would be a major pain, though, so I

would like to research it more. What does anyone think?

Amy Velazquez

Macksaunt@...

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Have you seen the article " A Comparison of Video Modeling with In

Vivo Modeling for Teaching Children with Autism " in the latest issue

of Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (Vol. 30, No. 6,

2000). They did a small study and had excellent results with video

modeling. We plan to try it with our son (though he is 2 1/2, much

younger than the school-age kids in the study).

> And on this topic, what has everyone experienced with video

modeling? It

> seems like a good idea in the way that social stories are a good

idea. We

> know that many of our kids are obsessively involved with TV. I

have read one

> favorable article. If it turns out to be EMPIRICALLY validated,

then I may

> implement in my classroom next year. It would be a major pain,

though, so I

> would like to research it more. What does anyone think?

>

> Amy Velazquez

> Macksaunt@a...