Social Skills Teaching Resources for Parents, Teachers & Therapists

Model Me Kids Teaching Manuals and Student Workbooks are a complement to its video modeling DVDs and help extend the lessons taught in the videos. These resources help teach social skills at home, in a classroom, social skills group, or other teaching setting.

Parents: Use to structure home-based instruction and reinforce skills presented in the videos.

Teachers: Use to help build your social skills curriculum to teach and apply skills presented in the videos

Non-reproducible materials. Sold in sets. Please allow for one Student Workbook per child. Order

Time for School Teaching Manual/Student Workbook

Now Available: The Teaching Manual & Student Workbook for use with our Time for School™ DVD.

Sample Pages:

Progress Chart
Student Workbook
Teaching Manual
Mastery Chart

Teaching Manual: 132 non-reproducible pages, softcover
Student Workbook: 132 non-reproducible pages, softcover

Model Me Conversation Cues® Teaching Manual/Student Workbook

Now Available: The Teaching Manual & Student Workbook for use with our Model Me Conversation Cues® DVD.

Sample Pages:

Student Workbook
Teaching Manual

Teaching Manual: 120 non-reproducible pages, softcover.
Student Workbook: 136 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Additional Information:

Social Skills Curriculum Resources for Elementary, Middle, & High School

Each Teaching Manual contains the following:

Lesson plans for each of the DVD chapters

At-Home activity plans to help facilitate generalization beyond the classroom

Student progress charts to track mastery of skills

Sample letters to parents to promote continuity between classroom and home

Each Student Workbook contains the following

Social skills worksheets based on the lessons in the corresponding DVD

Social skills activities that support the lesson plans in the Teaching Manual

At-home reinforcement charts to promote parent involvement in skills

Custom illustrations of images directly from the video to reinforce concepts taught - check out a sample illustration

Currently Available: Social skills curriculum materials for Time for School and Model Me Conversation Cues. (Sold Separately). Get release dates for other DVDs and teaching materials by joining our mailing list.

Note: The Student Workbook and the Teaching Manual are designed to be used together, along with the corresponding DVD. DVD sold separately.

Social Skills Curriculum Resources Development Team

These above resources are written by experienced educators who have used the Model Me Kids® videos to teach social skills to children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Meet our Resource Development Team

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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