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, 5^th 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

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!!!
Parent

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. 
Parent

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.
Parent
 
Thank you for making this video and I'll eagerly look forward to your forthcoming "works in progress."
Parent

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.
Parent 

Your tape is wonderful.  It is a great vehicle for accountability and perspective...something we could all use!  

Parent 

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.
Parent

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.
Parent