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Social Learning Software Creator Interviewed by The iMums

Social Learning Software Creator's InterviewI really enjoyed my recent interview with The iMums! It gave me a chance to share my ideas on creating social learning software for children with autism, ADHD and Asperger’s.

The iMums is a wonderful website with tons of helpful app reviews. Or, as they describe it: “reviews of mothers of little gadget lovers.”

The iMums – Amanda, Alison, Mary and Grace – are four mothers from different parts of the world dedicated to educating parents about the best digital stories, educational apps, fun games and technology products available for their children.

My Ideas About Creating Social Learning Software

Interview with Marc Zimmerman of The Language Express

Today’s interview is with Marc Zimmerman, the brains trust behind the popular app for children and young adults with social learning challenges, The Social Express. Be sure to follow them on Facebook and Twitter to be kept up to date on any new content they have in store!

 

Thank you for participating our interview. Please tell us a little about yourself.
I’m Marc Zimmerman, CEO-Founder of The Language Express and creator of The Social Express (™). We develop interactive, movie-quality animated learning programs to help children with social emotional deficits improve their social skills and their lives.

How did the idea for your app come about?
My wife and I have identical twin boys who were diagnosed 10 years ago with Autism. Helping them to overcome social skill deficits has been our top goal. Especially after they began in mainstream classes during kindergarten. Then, my first inspiration for The Social Express™ came when

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3 Ways Group Video Games Help Your Child to Improve Social Skills

 

We believe that every child deserves to have a friend. Often making friends is harder for kids with autism, Asperger’s, and ADHD. They need extra help to develop social skills such as being with the group, understanding what’s happening next, communication, and looking at who is talking.

Many times it’s because they don’t pick up cues from other kids in the same ways that neurotypical children do.

My wife and I have always made helping our boys improve their social skills a priority. That’s where the inspiration for creating The Social Express began.

Eileen Campos’ recent blog post at MommyTeaches.com got me thinking even more about the different ways you can approach social skills learning for your child. Video game playing in a group of children is a top one!

Eileen writes about how she’s observed her children improve their math and reading skills while playing video games. Like one explaining to the others why he has more points. (Love that!) You can read Eileen’s post here.

I’ve observed how video games played in a group help a child with autism improve how he or she gets along with others. Here are three ideas you can try with your child.

How Group Video Games Help Autistic Kids with Social Skills

1. Encourage Group Video Game Playing for Best Social Interaction

Arrange for your child to play selected video games with siblings or other children. This leads

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Improving Social Skills of Kids with Autism: An Optimistic Research Study!

Optimistic Study on Social Skills for Kids with AutismI have long believed that children with autism really do have the ability to improve their social skills and make friends. Good news! Now there’s a study that agrees with me.

Researchers at the Koegel Autism Center at UC Santa Barbara found that children with autism can make friends. The research study focused on children diagnosed with ASD (autism spectrum disorders) in junior high and high school.  This is great news because they found that these adolescents are as capable as anyone else of making strong friendships.

Parents know that junior high and high school years are tough for all kids. I certainly still remember tough times from when I was that age! Don’t you?

But as parents of kids with autism, we know it is—or will be—even more difficult for them to make friends.

The Koegel Autism Center study supports another belief I have:

The autistic brain is not as impacted as everyone previously thought it was when it comes to social skills and social interaction.

Researchers found that by focusing on the strengths of these autistic kids, they were able to form friendships. Strong ones!

Here’s how they did it in a nutshell.

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Social Learning Software Firm Presents at American Psychological Association Event

We’re so excited to be presenting at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, in Orlando. We’ll be at Booth #308. Stop by to visit with us if you’re attending!

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 31, 2012The-Social-Express-APA-2012-Convention

The Language Express, an interactive social learning software developer, will demonstrate its new program, The Social Express™, at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The APA Convention is taking place August 2nd to 5th in Orlando and the company’s booth number is 308.

The Social Express is a new research-based, 16-lesson, social learning software program for children between the ages of five and 12 years. It uses interactive video modeling, movie quality animation, socially valid dialog, and original characters that children find engaging.

Each one of the 30 interactive scenes contains teachable moments and builds on the previous lesson. The teachable moments assist professionals and parents to reinforce social skills learning. The program can be paused at any point to facilitate discussion between the professional and the child.

Children with autism, Asperger’s and ADHD enjoy and request the program daily. They enjoy its engaging characters, realistic social dialog, Hollywood-quality animation, and interactive scenes.

According to President Jon Cornick, “

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Autism Help for Parents: How We Got Our Twins into Mainstream Classes

Autism-Help-for-Parents-Mainstream-ClassesWhen it comes to providing help for parents who have children with autism, I like to share my experiences. If there’s any possibility that I can help other parents like you—I’m there. I am always willing to tell you what I’ve learned.

The way I look at it, there’s always a need for more autism help for parents.

Our twin boys were diagnosed with autism in 2003. They were three years old. My wife and I had incredibly mixed feelings. On one hand we were happy because we finally knew why our boys hadn’t spoke a word yet, and at the same time feeling completely helpless as neither of us knew anything about autism. If you’re a parent of a child—or children—with autism, you know what I mean.

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Social Learning Software Firm Presents at Autism Society Conference

Our team is going to be at the Autism Society National Conference next week. We’re excited about sharing what we’ve learned about social learning software as an educational tool for children with autism.

Please visit us if you’re attending the Conference. We’d love to meet you! Here is our news release:

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 19, 2012—The Language Express, a developer of interactive social learning software, will demonstrate its new program, The Social Express™, at the 43rd annual Autism Society National Conference and Exposition on July 25-27 in San Diego.

The Social Express is a new 16-lesson social learning software program for children between the ages of five and 12 years. It uses interactive video modeling, movie quality animation, socially valid dialog, and original characters that children find engaging.

Each one of the 30 interactive scenes contains teachable moments and builds on the previous lesson. The teachable moments assist professionals and parents to reinforce social skills learning.

Children with autism, Asperger’s and ADHD enjoy and request the program. They enjoy its realistic social dialog, Hollywood-quality animation, and interactive components.

According to President Jon Cornick, “The Language Express team is excited to meet and share our social learning best practices with professionals

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