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Professional Comments
I loved your tape. I showed
it to the graduate class I am teaching through Brooklyn and Queens
College, as well as to my teachers and educational supervisors here at
Eden II. We all agreed that it's the best resource we have seen for
teaching social skills to children on the autism spectrum. We thought that
each segment highlighted a major deficit area, and provided instruction in
a systematic way (i.e., kids got to view an interaction, and then view the
perspective of the child with autism and that of the typical peer.) The
tape provides very practical strategies for children and instructors. I
think every school should have a copy in their resource library. Children
with autism need systematic instruction to learn appropriate social skills
and behaviors. Teachers and therapists working with children on the
spectrum desperately need resources, curricula and systematic instruction
on how to implement effective strategies to promote appropriate social
skills. Fitting In and Having Fun provides such support to students and
teachers. I hope you produce more tapes like this!
Randy Horowitz, Associate Executive Director of Educational Services,
Eden II, Staten Island, NY
TD Social Skills Videos bring to life the many social challenges faced by
children with high-functioning autism. Through an engaging and relevant
series of enacted scenarios, the videos explore the complexities of
interpersonal interactions—from the perspectives of both children with
autism and their normative peers—with insight, compassion, and
refreshingly practical wisdom. TD Social Skills has created a much-needed
product for high functioning children with autism who struggle to
negotiate the social world.
Dr. Bridget A. Taylor, Co-founder
and Director of Education, the Alpine Learning Group, Paramus, NJ
TD Social Skills Video is
THE VIDEO that we have all been waiting for to teach advanced social
skills to children with Asperger's and high-functioning autism. The clips
seem very "real" and are interesting enough to keep the children's
attention. I am already using this video with my students and only hope
there will be more to come. This video fills a void in the social skills
curriculum for children with autism and it will be of great benefit to
many students for years to come, not to mention the assistance it will
provide to the professionals who will use it.
Dr. Mary E. McDonald, Associate Executive Director,
The Genesis School/Eden II Programs, Long Island, NY
What a wonderful tape! This is a terrific idea and tool to use in the
classroom. Each scenario is a meaningful lesson.
Dr. Harry Saslow, School Psychologist,
Chairman
of the Child Study Team
Cresskill School District, Cresskill, New Jersey
I
have been using your tape in my social skills groups. The kids LOVE your
scenarios and so do their parents.
Susan Finley, L.C.S.W. Social Worker/Therapist
Cooper Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey
The social skills video
Fitting In and Having
Fun
is a valuable resource for the classroom teacher.
Geneve Patterson, 5th grade teacher, Mount Kisco,
New York
This video provides concrete, relevant information and
practical tools to prepare children for middle school, while empowering
them with life skills. Each topic, presented by teens, encourages
students to comfortably discuss real issues, getting to the heart of
their unspoken fears.
Deborah Adamy, LMSW Psychotherapist / Educational
Consultant
Wow great book.
Just had a chance to look at The File Factor, it's wonderful! I think
they will be very popular.
Patti Kirk, Parentbooks Toronto, ON Canada
These videos tackle tricky subjects like
taking a joke too far and what's unique is their use of inset video to
depict the "inner thought bubble" of what peers are thinking...providing
important, and often unspoken, context and insight into peer reactions.
If you have a school-aged child, and are using video -modeling in your
home program, this is the resource for you!
Autism Society of British Columbia
I ordered and
received The File Factor Logbook. I am impressed and have a number of
clients for whom this strategy will be helpful.
Cindy L. Tucker, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
I had class this week and WOW my students could not say enough nice
things
about you and your curriculum!
Shelby P. Conneely, MA, BCBA
Educational Behavioral Consultant
I have been using Volume 1 with a number of students and I just love it
and the students’ request watching it. I am looking forward to using the
next 2 DVD’s
Karla Anderson
Speech/Language Pathologist
Thank you for The File Factor and DVD’s, they are fantastic!
Elizabeth Zook
Teacher, Portland Maine
I have been using one of your DVD's in my guidance office and really
like it.
James Driedger,
Guidance Counselor, Canada
Parent
Comments
I just purchased your video Fitting in and
Having Fun. It is awesome!!!! I
have a six year old with PDD. He is high functioning and in a regular ed
first grade class. I have been searching for a tool to help teach these
skills. Your video is great because it helps kids "get" the theory of
mind
stuff that is so difficult. Thanks for making such a helpful video!!!
I received our video the other day and we LOVE it.
We so very much need more of these types of videos. It was well done. I
have been waiting for videos to be made for teaching social skills (as
well as other skills) for children with Autism for a long time. Finally!!
Many thanks. Could you please let me know when your next video is ready
for shipping? Many thanks.
Parent of three autistic children
I
just received and watched "Fitting in and Having Fun." It is a great
video. Thanks for producing it. The upcoming videos look great too.
I'm just wondering when you expect to have your upcoming videos available?
I just received "Fitting In & Having Fun," and I think it is exactly what
I've been looking for to help my TV-obsessed Asperger's son learn better
social skills.
Thank you for making this video and I'll eagerly look forward to your
forthcoming "works in progress."
I
bought your TD Social Skills “Fitting In” video. Wow! That is my 9 year
old in so many of those scenes. After watching your video, I know you get
it. Some think they do and others really do. Thanks for making the
video. I'm looking forward to more of them.
Your tape is wonderful. It is a great vehicle for accountability and
perspective...something we could all use!
Your video is really
great; my son, who is eight, was completely taken with
it and couldn't stop watching. I think it's a valuable tool and plan to
show it to our Director of Special Education.
My 9-year old son
LOVED Fitting In and Having Fun, Vol.#1, great work! I'm lending it to
my son's language/guidance specialists for them to preview. THANK YOU
for doing this, and I hope you do more.
Thanks for providing
such great products/videos. I shared Fitting In/Having Fun with my kids'
teachers and they loved it & are finding it useful.
Thanks so much-love the videos!!!!
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