The Next Generation:
Social Skills And Video Modeling In The
Digital World
Nina Wolfarth, BS
Ann Ellison, MA, BCBA
Maria Brown, MS, BCBA
Objectives:
• List essential features of effective social stories
and video modeling
• Identify three digital tools which can be used to
create a project
• Identify the key issues involved in supporting a
digital media program
VSA project
• Artist in Residency Grant
• Focus on technology, digital art, student
involvement and teacher education
• Expanded to clinical applications
The pieces fit…
Meet core educational need for social skill development
Increase exposure to technology
Facilitate creative expression
Creation vs. consumption
National Standards ProjectPhase 2, 2015
Established Treatments:• Modeling
• Peer Training Package
• Scripting
• Social Skills Package
• Story Based Intervention
Social Stories™Carol Gray, 1991
Teach new behavior or strengthen existing behavior
Define expected behavior (social rules)
Explain the behavior of others (perspective)
Present information in a concrete, literal way
Support sequencing, organization and planning
Provide structure to unknown situations
Developing a social story
• Sentence Types
Descriptive: Answer WH questions
Perspective: Offer insight into other people
Directive: Suggest what to do
Affirmative: Emphasize or reassure
Cooperative: Who can help
Control: Add personal meaning
• Use only one directive statement for every 2-5 of the other types
• Maintain positive tone
Observational Learning
Types of Video Modeling
•Self modeling
•Peer modeling
•Point of view modeling (perspective
taking)
•Video prompting
Uses for Video Modeling
•Social skills
•Communication
•Functional/Academic Skills
•Multi-sensory teaching
•Creative applications
Microphone Polar Patterns
•How much distance does a
microphone cover?
“All” Directions Point at your target
(Shotgun Mic)
Omnidirectional Directional
Editing
•Keep it simple
•Shoot in one take
•Take many videos, delete the ones
that fail
•Rehearse
•Short and small chunks
Basic Maintenance
• Assuming responsibility
• Charging devices
• Checking for updates
• Cleaning & Safety
Ann Ellison
Maria Brown
Nina Wolfarth
Resources
• Belini, S., & Akullian, J. (2007) A Meta-Analysis of Video
Modeling and Video Self Modeling Interventions for
Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum
Disorders, Exceptional Children, 73, 261-264.
• Frazone, E., & Collet-Klingenberg, L, (2008). Overview of
Video Modeling, WI: The National Professional
Development Center on Autism spectrum Disorders,
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin
Resources
• McLeod, S.A. (2011). Bandura – Social Learning Theory. Retrieved from www.simplypsychology.org/bandura.html
• National Autism Center, (2015) 2006 – 2015, Phase 2 Report of the National Standards Project. Retrieved from: www.nationalautismcenter.org/national-standards-project/phase-2/
• Sansosti, F.J. , & Powell-Smith, K.A, 2008, Using Computer – Presented Social Stories and Video Models to Increase the Social Communication Skills of Children with High- Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders, Journal of Positive Behavior Intervention, 10(3), 162-178