Re: OT: Looking for videos that demonstrate social/play skills

[Guest guest]

We have found it very important to do things with our ASD kids hands

on. Set up some play dates for him. Go with him to moderate. Maybe

even explain the situation with the other understanding parents.

By getting out in the world our kids are acting much better. I don't

think watching it on TV or a video would of had this type of result.

But you could try. These kids are smarter than we think. Sometimes

it is just because it is on their minds that they act a certain way.

Even Temple Grandin Ph.D. (who is autistic herself), has wrote many

books and videos to help us parents understand this affliction

better. She to says that the best thing is hands on. That we need to

get these kids ou into the real world so that they can learn those

social skills young, when it is much easier. That it is not good to

protect them from the real world.

Antoinette and family of five (amoung manythings ASD/autism) SCD 2/06

[Guest guest]

I guess my first message may have sounded like my son watches TV all

the time - but he does not. We do lots of hands on playing,

including play dates, social skills groups, etc. But he does watch

TV or movies sometimes, and what he watches he tends to memorize and

use in pretend play. I was thinking that videos of children

playing/social lessons would be a better choice to replace some of

his current videos. I think he would be able to incorporate some of

this into his pretend play. For example, when he was in a

stage, he would be inspired to play with his trains after watching it

on TV. The play was very appropriate. There is actually research

being done now on " video modeling " - about how ASD kids can be taught

play skills using videos of scripted play scenarios. Many ASD kids

(including mine), can pay attention very well to a video, but not as

well all the time in real world situations. Of couse, I would never

recommend that the videos replace real world experience. But I think

that the video modeling idea could be a good teaching tool, and would

certainly be more educational than most of the stuff on TV.

So, just wondering if anyone has used the Model Me Kids videos, or

knows of any other good ones that teach play/social skills?

Thanks,

Liz

>

> We have found it very important to do things with our ASD kids

hands

> on. Set up some play dates for him. Go with him to moderate.

Maybe

> even explain the situation with the other understanding parents.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Liz,

My daughter is 3 and I have found that the " Watch Me Learn " videos

are very good in this way. She is enthralled by them and will sit

and watch them with a lot of attention. In contrast, while she likes

videos like Blues Clues, Curious Buddies and Kipper, they usually

don't keep her attention like the " Watch Me Learn " videos. And I've

heard her imitating what she has heard on the video. For example,

she will look in a book or at something and say " what's that? " .

While she always knows what it is (ie she doesn't do it with

something she doesn't yet know), and answers it herself, I always

answer as quickly as I can, hoping that she'll catch on that I'm

answering her question. I know that day is coming. These videos

were made by a mom of an autistic boy, who also realized that her son

had sustained attention while watching TV but it was difficult to

keep his attention otherwise.

I'm not sure you need the Baby Bumblebee videos, but they have also

helped tremendously for vocabulary building. I know Maggie has

learned a lot of her vocabulary from these. We started showing her

the first video, twice a day, when she was around 10 months old (when

we started being concerned about her language being behind). It took

over 6 months, and I was starting to think they weren't working, when

one day, she looked at an apple and said " bapple " . I was thrilled!

It was the first time she said something where I knew she knew what

she was saying.

I am definitely going to look into the Model Me Kids videos for

Maggie.

HTH,

Sandy

--- In pecanbread , " reynoldseliz "

I was thinking that videos of children

> playing/social lessons would be a better choice to replace some of

> his current videos.