Social Skills Books

Thinking About YOU Thinking About Me, by Michelle Winner

Description: A Book on perspective taking for those with social cognition disability. Includes exercises and social skills activities to address social thinking.

The Autism Social Skills Picture Book by Jed Baker

Description: Addresses the importance of using visual aides to teach children with autism. Explains how to make your own social skills picture stories.

102 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills: A Ready-To-Use, Reproducible Book by Lawrence E. Shapiro

Description: Includes social skills activities related to communication, nonverbal communication, being part of a group, expressing your feelings, and more.

Group Excercises for Enhancing Social Skills and Self-Esteem by Sirinam S. Khalsa

Description: Activities for group social skills activities including topics such as Being Part of the Group, Acceptable Touching, Reducing Stress, and Video Self-Modeling.

Easy Activities for Building Social SKills: Dozens of Effective Classroom Strategies and Activities to Teach Cooperation and Communication, Manners and Respect, Positive Behavior & More by Nancy Jolson Leber

Description: Topics include accepting differences in others, recognizing strengths, recognizing nonverbal language, recognizing the feelings of others.

Social Skills Activities: for Secondary Students with Special Needs by Darlene Mannix

Description: Topics include: Being a Good Listener, Understanding Another's Point of View, Being Able to Communicate, Assessing a Situation, "Reading" Other People, Making and Keeping Friends.

Autism & Asperger's DVDs

Model Me Conversation Cues® Models nonverbal cues, how and when to start a conversation, maintain conversation, turn-taking in conversation, & more. Run Time: 68 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 9-17 read more | order
Model Me Friendship™ Models social skills involved in initiating and maintaining a friendship including: compromise, invite, handling rejection, team sports, empathy, and more. Run Time: 75 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 9-17 read more | order
Model Me Tips & Tricks™ Models social skills such as using tact, appropriate voice modulation, good hygiene, asking for help, sense of humor, and more. Run Time: 67 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 9-17 read more | order
Model Me Confidence & Bullying Prevention™ Models skills for building confidence and preventing bullying through self-advocacy, choosing friends, positive self-talk, and more. Bonus DVD on bullying geared toward parents, schools, and therapists, featuring Asperger's guru Nick Dubin. DVD, bonus DVD, plus free photo CD For Ages 9-17 read more | order

Time for School™ Topics include: listen to the teacher, share, sit quietly, take turns, show interest in others, playground, & more. Run Time: 61 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 5-12 read more | order
Time for a Playdate™ Topics include: greet friend, losing, answer, play his way, eye contact, clean up, say goodbye & more. Run Time: 67 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 5-12 read more | order
I Can Do It!™ Models appropriate behavior in stressful situations, including waiting, transitions, birthday parties, handling criticism, & more. Run Time: 53 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 5-12 read more | order

Music Therapy Meets Video Modeling:

Model Me Faces & Emotions™ Demonstrates emotions and facial expression including happy, sad, tired, bored, & more. Narrated with songs by Music Therapist Rachel Rambach, MM, MT-BC. Run Time: 27 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 2-8 read more | order

Model Me Going Places™ Models appropriate behavior in community locations including the hairdresser, grocery store, dentist, doctor, mall, and more. Narrated with songs by Music Therapist Rachel Rambach, MM, MT-BC. Free supplementary iPhone/iPod app featuring locations from the DVD. Run Time: 42 min. DVD plus free photo CD For Ages 2-8 read more | order

Teaching Manuals & Student Workbooks (Home and School)
The DVDs may be purchased alone. We also offer extra teaching resources for use with the DVDs: A teaching manual with lesson plans and progress charts. A social skills workbook with worksheets and activities. These may be used by parents in the home or by teachers/therapists in an educational setting.
Teachers: Use to build a social skills curriculum.
Parents: Reinforce skills presented in the videos.
Sold separately from DVDs.

Currently Available:
Time for School Teaching Manual: 132 non-reproducible pages, softcover
Time for School Student Workbook: 132 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Model Me Conversation Cues Teaching Manual: 120 non-reproducible pages, softcover.
Model Me Conversation Cues Student Workbook: 140 non-reproducible pages, softcover.
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