Vol. 5, #3
January,
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Behavior Self-Modeling 
with Digital Video

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Jeffrey L. Jones, editor
jjones@fayette.k12.ky.us

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Over the past 30 years, various clinicians have successfully used video interventions to help children and adults learn new behaviors and skills and eliminate undesired ones.  In the last several years, teachers in our district have used a form of video intervention called video self-modeling, to help students with disabilities learn new skills, increase the frequency of a skill they have but do not use very often, and to make successful transitions to new situations. More specifically, teachers capture and edit video segments so students can see themselves performing the desired behavior or skill (i.e., positive self-images).  Students can watch the videos at home and at school to see themselves doing things they were unable to do before which builds their confidence regarding learning new skills.

Pinnacle SystemsWindows Movie MakerWith the new digital video solutions such as Pinnacle Studio or Windows Movie Maker, this process has become a great deal easier and more exact! Some advantages of the use of this technology for this purpose...

  • Ease of Use: No tape-to-tape recording, less time watching hours of unusable tape to find a few minutes of usable recorded behaviors. Videos are captured, and then parts can be quickly selected, or unusable parts cut away, in a drag-and-drop computer environment.
  • Increased quality: With added titles or text prompts, and the ability to easily add or edit voiceovers and other sounds, you can make your video much more friendly, useful, and effective!
  • Flexible delivery: The resultant videos can be quickly and easily recorded back to any medium which a student, parent, or teacher can use - including VHS or digital tape, a video CD or DVD, or a computer file for computer playback.
  • Confidentiality: With some care in computer file management, ongoing video projects are only available to specific computer logins - you can walk away from your project without fear that confidentiality will be breached. Once the project is completed, all files can be quickly and easily deleted.

For help on using this powerful tool for this, or other special education applications, contact Becky Farmer at IAKSS. For technical help or or training opportunities, contact your school/district TRT, or Jeffrey L. Jones.

 

Submitted by Becky Farmer and
Jeffrey L. Jones
Jeffrey L. Jones