Video Social Stories from Carol Gray and Mark Shelley

[Guest guest]

Announcing Video Social Stories

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

View video from Carol Gray & Mark : 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 , 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 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

- father of a son with autism

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

kids)