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)

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