Announcing Video Social Stories

From: Carol Gray, Mark Shelley, & the Special Minds Foundation

View video from Carol Gray & Mark Shelley: www.dttrainer.com/smovvid.php 

 

Hi,

This email is one of my few posts per year and is about a new tool to help teach our kids with autism and Aspergers.  I get frequent requests for tools to help our kids with social skills so here is a gem.

 

Imagine combining Carol Gray's social stories with the power of video for our visual learners.  That is what has happened with the collaboration between Carol Gray, Mark Shelley, and the Special Minds Foundation.  Volume 1 is the first in the planned series and covers basic social concepts & skills at school.  Future volumes will address a broad range of topics and target young children to adults.  The foundation has raised donations to help produce these materials so that the cost to the user can be much lower than otherwise possible for the product.   

The Social Concepts & Skills volume will not only be valuable for teachers, but also for parents helping prepare their children for school situations.  Additionally, some of the situations are issues for both home and school.  The product was designed for children with Aspergers and others on the autism spectrum, however it will also benefit any child with limited social skills.

Storymovies, Volume 1, targets students developmentally 8-12 years old and includes 25 stories based on 9 movies.  There are 2 versions: Standard Edition & Professional Edition.  Both versions include the main color version DVD of the 25 stories and a user's guide.  The Professional version includes a black & white DVD version that is used for children distracted by color; a raw footage DVD that is useful for additional teaching and testing purposes; and a CD with printable pictures and related activities for generalization, practice, & review.

Mark Shelley is a parent of a child with Aspergers, which is the reason for his efforts toward helping children learn social skills.  Mark and I started talking about digital video based social stories about 4 years ago.  Through much of his effort and sacrifice he now has this first important volume with more on the way.  The collaboration with Carol, getting donors to help fund the development, and him taking significant personal risk have all been critical in getting to this point.  I want to help get this in the hands of as many teachers and parents as possible by substantially cutting our margins and offering this tool at a 33% discount off of list.  The sales of the current volume will help fund the continued expansion of the series.   Please spread the word about this important work!

 

For more information visit: www.dttrainer.com/storymovies.html.

 

Karl Smith

- father of a son with autism

- founder of Accelerations Educational Software (making a difference for our kids)