DVD's & Videos

The following resources have been reviewed by members of our Foundation or suggested to us by other parents.

Please email us the names of any other resources that you have found helpful and we will add them to our list.

Special Kids - Today, more than a decade after John Sprecher published his findings on video as a positive teaching technique for children with developmental, cognitive and learning disabilities, clinical and university studies now agree that “video modeling therapy” is one of the most effective speech and skill acquisition strategies for these at-risk audiences.

Autism Social Videos & More - Videos, cassettes and CD's developed to teach social skills to children ages 2-8. Videos with "kids teaching kids", utilizing predictable pattern songs, familiar tunes, and dialogue, that promotes the acquisition of appropriate social skills.  

Social Skills Targeted:

*Raising hand
*Sitting
*Turn taking
*Waiting / Walking in line

Foundation for Autism Information and Research Media Centre - a large collection of videos on various topics