My
School Day was designed by speech therapists specializing in helping
autistic children, using real life video clips to take the child into a
typical school day, including the classroom, cafeteria, and playground!
This program allows the child to view appropriate interaction and social
behaviors within the school environment and interact! The child is asked
to identify, produce and explain several social situations in response to
real life video embedded in interactive software. Parents, therapists, and
educators can work with children using the program to target peer
relationships, rules and rituals of the classroom, appropriate play at
recess and appropriate lunchtime behavior. This program is an ideal tool
to focus on conduct and activities at school! The
program focuses on helping children look for visual cues to understanding
peers, how to handle difficult situations, and learning what behavior is
considered appropriate and not appropriate in the class. This
program is the perfect to prepare a child for school or help the child
better understand the routine and behaviors associated with school.
My School Day may be integrated into Discrete Trial Training / Applied
Behavior Analysis intervention programs, with the child's progress tracked by the
program.
Research
Showing Effectiveness
Does the Social Skill Builder approach,
which combines social stories with interactive technology, produce
measurable results in the real world? A 2004 study, conducted in Loudoun
County, Virginia public schools, tested students learning social skills
in a traditional therapeutic setting against students who used Social
Skill Builder software. The students using Social Skill Builder’s
My School
Day software achieved significant gains in every
category of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, including
Communication, Daily Living Skills, Socialization, and Adaptive
Behavior.
Result Highlights
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On average, students who used My
School Day software gained 10 percent in every
category of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, compared to a 3
percent gain when using traditional methods alone.
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When comparing subjects in the same age category
(age 9), those who used My School Day software demonstrated higher
post-test communications scores when compared to students using
traditional methods only.
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Surveys by speech-language pathologists using My
School Day software indicated that students stayed
on task better when using the interactive technology.
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System
Requirements
Windows
95/98/2000/NT/Me operating system
200 MHz or higher
600 Megabytes of available Hard Drive Space
4x CD-ROM drive
16 bit color monitor
800/600 Resolution or better Video card compatibility
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Testimonials
Finally
a naturalistic tool to teach social skills to kids with ASD. The kids are
engaged by the computer videos and carry over the skills targeted into
their environment." -
Public School Speech Language Pathologist
"
My child came home talking about My School Day computer program. It truly
has helped his interaction with other kids and improved his classroom
behavior."
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Parent of an 8-year-old child diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome
"The
Birthday Party and My School Day really motivate my clients with Autism.
They request to play the games and talk about the social interactions and
emotions expressed even after they are finished playing!"
- Private Practice Speech Language Pathologist
"So
many of my patients need help working on social skills, the computer
program really allows them watch social interactions without emotional
involvement. The children can analyze and make good choices without stress
or overload. This program really makes sense!" - Child
Psychologist
"My
students request to play My School Day all the time. They watch the social
scenarios on the program, and then we act them out in class. It is amazing
how well they are able to generalize the appropriate language and
emotions. It has made a big difference." - Special Education
Teacher
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