Video Modeling

Teaching Complex Play Sequences to a Preschooler with Autism Using Video Modeling

"The identification of efficient teaching procedures to address imaginative play skills deficits commonly seen in children with autism is a challenge for those designing treatment programs. In the present study video modeling was used to teach play skills to a preschool child with autism. Videotaped play sequences included both verbal and motor responses. A multiple baseline across three response categories (tea party, shopping, and baking) was implemented to demonstrate experimental control. No experimenter implemented reinforcement or correction procedures were used during the intervention. Results showed that the video modeling intervention led to the rapid acquisition of both verbal and motor responses for all play sequences. The video modeling teaching procedure was shown to be an efficient technique for teaching relatively long sequences of responses in the absence of chaining procedures in relatively few teaching sessions. Additionally, the complex sequences of verbal and motor responses were acquired without the use of error correction procedures or explicit, experimenter implemented reinforcement contingencies."
-Patricia D'Ateno, Kathleen Mangiapanello, Bridget A. Taylor, Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Winter, 2003

Using Video Modeling to Teach Perspective Taking to Children with Autism

Time for School™
Topics include: listen to the teacher, share, sit quietly, take turns, show interest in others, playground, & more.
Run Time: 61 min.
DVD plus free photo CD
For Kindergarten through 5th grade
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Time for a Playdate™
Topics include: greet friend, losing, answer, play his way, eye contact, clean up, say goodbye & more.
Run Time: 67 min.
DVD plus free photo CD
For Kindergarten through 5th grade
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I Can Do It!™
Models appropriate behavior in stressful situations, including waiting, transitions, birthday parties, handling criticism, & more.
Run Time: 53 min.
DVD plus free photo CD
For Kindergarten through 5th grade
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Model Me
Conversation Cues®
Models nonverbal cues, how and when to start a conversation, maintain conversation, turn-taking in conversation, & more.
Run Time: 68 min.
DVD plus free photo CD
For Upper Elementary, Middle, & High School
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Model Me Friendship™
Models social skills involved in initiating and maintaining a friendship including: choosing friends, handling rejection, team sports, compromise, and more.
Run Time: 75 min.
DVD plus free photo CD
For Upper Elementary, Middle, & High School
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Model Me Tips & Tricks™
Models social skills such as using tact, appropriate voice modulation, good hygiene, asking for help, sense of humor, and more.
Run Time: 67 min.
DVD plus free photo CD
For Upper Elementary, Middle, & High School
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Workbooks and Teaching Manuals
Extra teaching materials including orksheets, take-home materials, and progress charts.
One for each of the Model Me Kids dvds.
Teachers: Use to build a social skills curriculum.
Parents: Use to structure home-based instruction and reinforce skills presented in the videos.
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"Perspective taking refers to the ability to attribute mental states of others in order to explain or predict behavior. In typically developing children, this skill develops around age 4 (Baron-Cohen, Leslie & Frith, 1985), but is delayed or absent in children with autism (Happe, 1994). In the present study, video modeling was used to teach perspective taking to 3 children with autism. A multiple baseline design across children and within child across tasks was used to assess learning. Generalization across un-trained similar stimuli was also assessed.

Video modeling was a fast and effective tool for teaching perspective taking tasks to children with autism, resulting in both stimulus and response generalization. These results concurred with previous research that perspective taking can be taught. However, unlike other studies, wider ranges of generalization were found."
-Marjorie Charlop-Christy, Ph.D. and Sabrina Daneshvar, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (Summer 2003)

Additional links to Video Modeling Articles:
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