Friends: Video Modeling for Children Embarking on Socialization Skills

Product Description Friends is a full day of PLAY and learning designed to teach children how to socialize with friends and take part in many different games and activities. The whole day is a big play date filled with fun activities and TONS of appropriate social gestures, social language and skill modeling. Included in the activities are: painting, snack time, jump rope, mother may I game, catch game, basketball game, finish the sentence game, charades game, what sound is it game, treasure hunt, baking and more!!!! The kids are so engaged having fun and playing that they do not know they are even learning. This is the key to Watch me learn. While the children watching believe they are just watching a fun video, they have no idea how much teaching is going on and how much learning is happening or how much they are absorbing! A perfect tool for children having difficulty socializing! Review In recommending [Watch Me Learn autism treatment videos] to parent after parent, I was overwhelmed by positive feedback. Now we are using them at the Helping Hands® Saturday Socialization Program to improve self-efficacy in game play as well as accuracy and initiations. Since videos in general are so popular for many kids, typically developing as well as kids on the Autism Spectrum, it makes sense to teach children much needed skills by letting them watch other kids that they can relate to. It is similar to the concepts we use at Helping Hands, basing social skills learning on the utilization of peer models. In this way, parents can use the videos to help teach their children how to emulate peer models. They can then generalize these skills to various settings and enjoy the games that once brought them so much anxiety! --Vanetta Larosa, Ph.D., B.C.B.A. State University of New York, Stoneybrook About the Director Mary Beth Palo is one of the nation s top parent advocates for Autism Spectrum Disorders. In 2007, her work on behalf of Autistic children in New York State and throughout the United States of America earned her the honor of being named by the New York Senate Assembly one of the state s Women of Distinction. She serves on the National Autism Association fundraising board and is a sought after contributor and speaker for national events related to autism treatments, advocacy and research.
ASIN: B000N6UFEC
VSKU: DBV.B000N6UFEC.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Mary Beth Palo
Binding: Dvd
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