Model Me Tips & Tricks™

The Model Me Tips & Tricks DVD features upper elementary, middle, and high school-aged children demonstrating social skills at school and in the community. Each scene lasts between 30 seconds and 3 minutes, depending on the chapter. At the end of each chapter is a storyboard summarizing the rules taught.

Hosted by children from the video, who narrate each scene.

With narration: In the first half, the visual is combined with narration and graphics that help explain the particular rule.

Without narration: In the second half, the same video is repeated without narration and graphics. This allows a parent, teacher, or therapist to customize the lesson the individual child and/or to test what was learned in the first viewing of the video.

Each social skill is demonstrated in more than one situation and across environments. This is useful to children with Asperger Syndrome and Autism because it helps with generalization of the skill taught.

Graphics and music are used to make the dvd appealing to children with Aspergers Syndrome and Autism.

Run Time: Approx. 67 minutes
Available on DVD
$29.95
Recommended for upper elementary, middle school, and high school

In Stock 7/08

A free CD-Rom of photographs is included with each video purchased. The photos are a great way to demonstrate, review, and test the social skills shown in the video. They may be printed as flashcards for handy reference or viewed as a computer slideshow.

A Note About Social Skills

In generalizing social skills, it is important to note that often children with autism spectrum disorder need to generalize a skill in a variety of settings before fully acquiring the skill. For example, a child may learn the social skill "say hello" to a friend who comes over for a playdate, but have difficulty with the same social skill in the context of school where there are more distractions. Therefore it is helpful to practice the social skill in a variety of environments to be sure that it has been mastered.

Sample 1 from Chapter: Deep Breathing

Model Me Tips & Tricks Topics:

- Voice Modulation
- Blurting
- Tact
- Personal Space
- Grooming & Hygiene
- Deep Breathing
- Forgive
- Asking for Help
- Sense of Humor
- Perspective
- Being Wrong
- Flexibility

Model Me Tips & Tricks Sample Scenes:

ask for help

deep breathing

grooming & hygiene

flexibility

social skills

voice modulation

sense of humor