Teaching social skills to kids with autism and aspergers--used in schools, homes and therapy centers

[Beyond1film]

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[CarolineButson]

The most important message here for parents is NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON YOUR CHILD WITH AUTISM I grew up with a form of autism and I was able to overcome this obstacle by painting and dancing. Now I am a world class artist with my own studio gallery The Tree of Life Centre for Creativity. With love, support, determination and intuition autism can be healed!

[rxz796]

Glen Beck is clueless about everything. They should really cancel his show....what a bad person...

[TheGermanyFan]

My little brother is diagnosed with autism, my parents are divorced, my mother is struggling with money, my father dissapeared when I was 10 years old, I am diagnosed with ADHD, but from day to day, me and my mother, we spend all our time reading about how to teach kids with autism, we spend as much time with him as we can, and as soon as I come from school, I do my homework, and then for the rest 8 hours I play with my brother. He has been named ''child of the month'' in his whole entire school

[4Teddybears]

You should see the video by the asperger's community entitled "teaching thinking skills to kids with NT"

(which BTW can also be used in schools, home and therapy)

[arikafannieheath]

I agree that my son can learn from watching but I also agree that i will not teach emotion

[danielnordeen]

I just realized that the GAPS diet intervention and homemade video social stories since my son loves videos, computers and playing interactive games for dancing.

I believe this will help at least get the concept of what he needs to do but I believe he is like me and right brained and learns through seeing it done.

[paulwall1981]

As a person with AS. I find this story awe inspring. If there were pepole like Miss Mary Beth Pallo in this world then this condtion and others like it would be better understood. Good on you Miss Pallo, you are a true hero.

[XxDatBlonde1xX]

I'm sorry - disease? 

[rexy5]

@XxDatBlonde1xX Disease: illness; Disorder of Health....Yes - Disease.  Look it up.

[multisnootyreturns]

It is hopeless! Do an icepick lobotomy!!!  Or just euthanize him at birth!

[centennialalpha]

@multisnootyreturns gotta love trolls maybe someone should euthanize them.

[MultiSnooty]

heres something you can do to help them, euthanize them!

[taylorbaybay1]

@MultiSnooty you have no clue what it feels to be a mother of a child with autism so put your self in some one elses shoes before you say stupid things like that they are people not dogs! If your opionion is like that then obviously your f*cking retarded. Why don't u find someone your own size to pick on dumbass!

[TheCaffman]

I have heard several repected emperical Psychologists state that Autism rates are stable & have not been increasing.

[Dreamspell333]

Great Video. Im not sure if my son who is almost 2 1/2 is on the spectrum or not but at 15-16 months he started having severe meltdowns(headbutting,fist clenching) ,especially when it came to voicing himself and did not do well with transitioning at all.. He is now in OT play therapy sessions every other week (was every week) and has improved soo much.

[Yetti0]

I am on the spectrum and I am 57. Movieis and videos are like real life to me. I am very sensitive to what I watch.. Many aspies and auties cannot separate films from reality. Films help us understand reality

[zlobies]

@Yetti0

hmm i always thought that autism is a form of retardation like when the kids are like really dumb and they look retarded and they cant move right and they cant talk normally cause they sound like duhzduhdud d uahdadsoaradadafarw. I guess i was wrong

[Yetti0]

We need more parents like this. Instead of having fund raising by Autism speaks at Playboy mansion for millions to stop aspies, they should learn how to teach aspies and auties.

[buddyguy340]

@Yetti0 LOL aspies that's pretty gay

[petchharrison]

@Yetti0 your right i am 48 and went to 3 special schools in the 1970,s and tested out to be aspie gifted,i sing tennor play handbells.i also repair vintage radios and gramophones.and i am into landscape photography.

and psychology...let alone i was treated as junk or a lump of kak by the british education sevices,as all the care about is academics,all else is worthless ,,,,shame..........jeff.....

[AniramSB]

the reporter is clueless about autism...

[Lavinco]

@AniramSB The reporter has an Autistic child.

[Yetti0]

@AniramSB Everyone is clueless about autism.. even other AS people.

[RonaemProductions]

@AniramSB And there you have Glenn Beck.

[ebonics22]

@AniramSB right, i believe he called autism a "disease"

[1beinki]

Great Video! Nice idea using videos to teach. My Autistic son is now 11 Our big breakthrough came with the gluten and casein free diet.

[danielnordeen]

@1beinki Have you heard of GAPS or Body ecology diet I am starting it with my 9yr old autistic son. I have many hopes their will help at it appears to really help many even more the just the GFCF diet from what I hav heard

[praatgraag37]

Wow super mom :D special child's have often special moms.

And thats a great thing to see cause when u look troug the "syndrome" or limitaton, you see a beutifull child (ore adult) but a lot of peple can'tsee that.

so whats Autism a bad thing ? or just a way of living and being.

Greetings from Holland

Monica 20 (Autist + ADHD)

[duracin78]

Omg!! My little brother acts the same exact way.But for him it took him until the age of four to actually pronounce words.

[xiala1980]

That gives me something else to try. Thanks to whoever uploaded this video. My son has autism and struggles with social interaction and communication.

[betterkids]

Video modeling does work for many children on the autism spectrum. I hope it works well for you. Is your son verbal?

[xiala1980]

Yes, he's high on the spectrum. I was thinking that perhaps by him seeing other kids communicating with each other, he can pick up on it.

[Lordboogar]

Doesn't always work. One of the problems with this is that (at least in my case) intuitive learning does not happen; especially in cases of an emotional context.

Understanding what people are saying is not a problem; understanding what they are MEANING is the difficulty. At some point the frustration with trying to understand the subtext leads to shutdown and a need to leave the situation.

[betterkids]

I agree it is often the meaning of language that incites frustration/break down. People who've not experienced it first hand will never really understand the basic level at which instruction has to take place. You have to start simply and CONSISTENCY is paramount.

[JoelMatton]

I don't think you can ever teach a child with aspergers or autism to communicate with other people the way an NT would. It is too complex, every new individual conversation includes new things that the child would not understand. There are all sorts of things going on in communication, especially body language, that a typical person won't even notice, but will drive someone with high functioning autism or aspergers crazy. Something like moving your hands around while talking, for instance.

[adrimare1]

@JoelMatton I don't know about people with bad autism, but speaking as a person with aspergers, we CAN learn. Granted, my problem isn't as bad as some other aspies I've met, but I've learned a lot of social cues from experience and watching lots of TV (regular shows) and reading a lot of books (and I mean A LOT of books! The detail some books have is amazing!). I still have trouble a bit with voice cues, but I think I'm fairly decent. The trick is watching face and rest of the body.

[kevinfruet]

Video modelling really work.

I've seeing my boy learn a lot from then.