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Social Skill Builder My Community Campaign Launch

Friday, March 27th, 2009

As a music therapist for many years, I worked extensively with children with special needs. And most often we were working together to improve their social skills and life skills. Parents with children with special needs, including developmental disabilities, sensory disorders, and autism spectrum disorders are usually quite proactive in working with their health care professional to improve on those goals when the kids are out of school, and Social Skill Builder does just that. Socialization and making friends can be quite challenging, particularly when kids are removed from their familiar and structured environments.

Their computer software “My Community” is aimed at kids 5-15 with special needs and assists them in addressing a myriad of issues regarding social interaction outside of the classroom setting. It takes what they might have learned or are currently learning, and assists them in applying it to larger settings, like their community and neighborhood. Skills such as personal safety, waiting turns, working cooperatively, and frustration management (just to name a few) are addressed in this social skills software program.

Ten of our parents bloggers with children with various special needs agreed to try this software with their kids over the last few weeks and will be sharing their experiences on their blog.

If you’re interested in learning more, please visit these blogs throughout the next two weeks and check out the Social Skill Builder website and their free demo of the software.

3/30 - White Trash Mom
3/31 - Mommy Needs Coffee
4/1 - Karianna
4/2 - Ebonymommy
4/3 - Cynical Dad

4/6 - Mom to the Screaming Masses
4/7 - Little Bird Reviews
4/8 - Mommy’s Must Haves
4/9 - Midwestern Mommy
4//10 - Things and Stuffs Reviews

Final Round Up - 4/13