VB video

[Guest guest]

Hello! Just thought I would say that this video was not too impressive

to me.

I guess it would be good for beginners who have NO experience in the ABA

or VB methodology.

I trully got a better sence of ABA and AVB through the reading materials

(Teaching VErbal Behavior..by S & P) and NOTES from the Carbone workshop

found on these files on this group. It is a heart warming story and the

girl is simply adorable ... but it is a VERY introductory level, and I

and other parents/professionals that have had our noses in ABA programs

were left with MANY questions looking at it from a Behavioralist's point

of view.

Either way, It would be good for someone who never read anything on VB

or has any prior experience in

ABA.. So if you consider yourself a confident participant in the

methodology of ABA I wouldnt say you would need this level of

introduction.. Again, you would get more out of reading materials and

workshops.

Many Blessings

[Guest guest]

At 12:31 PM 7/11/01 -0400, Dibra wrote:

>Hello! Just thought I would say that this video was not too impressive

>to me.

>I guess it would be good for beginners who have NO experience in the ABA

>or VB methodology.

I have been doing ABA, and now VB for a long while. However, I liked the

video very much. It's excellent to show other people how to actively work

on manding, and later labeling and how to do it in a more natural way than

DTT format with mass trialing or in a more structured setting that is

separate from the daily desires. That's not a knock on DTT, because we use

it heavily at times, and it's been very useful. However, realizing how to

get a child who is not initiating well or does not respond easily, etc., is

very important, and some have less success than others. I also think it is

a good video, because it answers the questions on how to help children who

are NOT verbal or interested in activities that are adult generated at

first. I think Dani reminded me of my son very much. He had the same sweet

disposition, but was clearly marching to the beat of his own drummer. This

is especially nice for family who may not understand the difference between

VB and incidental teaching. I certainly would then follow up with chapters

or segements from VB literature and materials, but I have met many people

who read the texts and are not very clear on how you do it or what it looks

like, especially with very little kids. It is also useful to show people

who have done DTT but never VB. It's not a teaching tape where you can then

say, AHA, here's how, though I bet many parents could get started and see

progress following the techniques used. Dani's mother clearly as extremely

dedicated, consistent and put her heart into this, and the tape actually

makes it seem easier than it is, because you can't tell how many hours she

actually worked on this and how everyone pushed Dani with all they had in a

loving way. I've met Dani's mother, and she was doing this all day long to

some extent, and that must be understood by other people. The other thing

that everyone has to realize, is Dani was a baby when she started. Easy to

put in a high chair or one area. She was not aggressive or terribly OCD or

Stimmy in the way other kid's can be, so it's really a good example for the

more passive, headstrong in the quiet determined way, happy, do what I

want, live in my universe, I like my life, autistic kids. Again, this was

so much my kid a dozen years ago, that it made me wish I knew what I now

know and had this kind of tape, and this sort of support.

Jennie