Using videos may be helpful for teaching people with autism as well as autism therapy.
The authors wanted to know whether some types of video technology are more helpful than other types for people with autism. Video is used in several different ways. Examples include video modeling, video prompting, and video instruction. The authors evaluated 44 scientific articles about using video technology with people with autism. Many studies reported that video technology can be a very helpful tool for therapists working with people with autism. Studies suggested that videos of themselves or their friends can be more helpful than videos of other people.
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Responding to relationship development intervention (RDI)
Jan 6, 2012 by AnonymousI am a parent of an 18 yr. old young man with ASD who we have been doing RDI with for the past 3 years. Once we began the program his life and ours changed. He now initiates conversation with us - true conversation, with give and take, perspective sharing, observations are related and my interests considered. He is much more other-focused and considerate. Outbursts and anti-social behaviors have been significantly decreased. Our household is so much more calm and life normalized. His ability to make study us during communication (total body language - faces, posture, tone - not just the words said) and approrpriately respond and interpret this non-verbal aspect of language is really imporved and remarked upon by family/friends and teachers. He is able to do this on his own, no prompting, no scripting - it is becoming "normal" and happening as expected. We are completely satisfied with this program and while costly, it has delivered the results where others haven't. It really changed his life. I work in Special Olympics and have a control group to compare him and this intervention against as a result. His progress compared against his peers (same age/ school experiences/ but different interventions) is significantly better. We very much look forward to how far he can go.
Responding to picture exchange communication system (PECS)
Sep 17, 2010 by AnonymousThis is a great description of PECS, overall. One of the key tenets of the PECS protocol, though, is that the PECS user learns to initiate the communicative exchange. This means that Phase I must involve a 2-person prompting procedure. That is, there is a communicative partner who has what the learner wants, and a physical prompter who assists the learner to complete the picture exchange. If the assistance comes from the communicative partner, the lesson is confusing for the learner and the prompts are harder to eliminate.
Responding to picture exchange communication system (PECS)
Sep 17, 2010 by AnonymousThis is a great description of PECS, overall. One of the key tenets of the PECS protocol, though, is that the PECS user learns to initiate the communciative exchange. This means that Phase I must involve a 2-person prompting procedure. That is, there is a communciative partner who has what the learner wants, and a physical prompter who assists the learner to complete the picture exchange. If the assistance comes from the communciative partner, the lesson is confusing for the learner and the prompts are harder to eliminate.
"Understanding Autism through Rapid Prompting Method"-Soma Mukhopadhyay
Dec 7, 2008 by AnonymousJust wanted to pass along that Soma Mukhopadhyay's long awaited Manual on RPM is available.
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Soma Mukhopadhyay's New Book Released
People can buy a copy either through her website Halo-Soma.org or they can go to Amazon.com. It really is an amazing read. She addresses a LOT of issues we as parents as well as professionals face when engaging our loved ones on the spectrum. Soma talks about autism and the brain ,behaviors,cognition,how learning takes place through the senses, different types of learners etc. Good gift ideas for teachers,para-professionals,family members.Full of solid information for everyone.
On a personal note,I have written here before about RPM and how our lives have changed because of it. RPM is for ANY learner ,whether your child or loved one is on the autism spectrum(Aspergers,classic"kanners Autism" )verbal ,limited-verbal or non-verbal. Autism,down syndrome,Angelman or other related conditions. For ages 5-99 ,there's no missed "window" of opportunity. Individuals with aggressive behaviors ? Soma has been successful working with them all.
Go to Halo-Soma.org to learn more. Visit Amazon.com and read the reviews as well.
This truly is a MUST READ.