Neurodiversity Affirming Goal bank – SLP Video Intervention Programs

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Neurodiversity Affirming Goals

Neurodiversity affirming social communication goals that target: Reflective Self-Awareness, Understanding Emotions, Self-Regulation, Discovering Personal Profile, Social Anxiety, Active Listening, Rhetorical Questions, Exaggeration, Entering Conversations, Self-Advocacy, Conversational Adaptation, Sarcasm, etc.

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What We Offer

We develop research-based intervention tools and tests for speech-language pathologists and school psychologists

Stutter Squad

A step by step video based approach to stuttering, includes over 100 videos

Social Squad

A neurodiversity affirming approach with over 400 explainer videos, social scenes, and more

Impact Scale

A standardized rating scale that examines how social communication may affect everyday social interactions and/or academic performance as required by IDEA

Sample Videos

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List of Social Squad Topics

Self Discovery

Reflective Self-Awareness (brain differences, what social communication entails, differences and brain differences, interoception, neurodiversity, social communication differences, accommodations, strengths), Discovering Emotions (why do we need emotions? sources of emotion, intensity of emotions, what emotions feel like), Understanding Emotions, Self-Regulation (what happens when a person is not self-aware, cause-effect analysis, intent of messages and uncertainty, "behavior is not something that happens for no reason"), Discovering Personal Profile (feeling different, double empathy, becoming friends with yourself, establishing interests, likes, dislikes and deal breakers, "you don’t have to like someone", goals, varieties of strategies, friendships), Social Anxiety (when you think this program is not for you, anxiety, classical conditioning, brave ladder and abdominal breathing, positive thinking, negative self-talk, jumping to conclusions, personalization, and more)

Conversational Adaptation

Conversational Strategies (Active and Genuine Listening, Rhetorical Questions, Exaggeration, Strategies for communicating with friends and acquaintances, Entering conversations, Handling Confrontations, Saying “No”, Apologies, Self-Advocacy, Maintaining Friendships, Special Topics), Friendship practice videos, Sharing private information, White lies

Communication Tools

How to connect with people and find new friends – strategies, social mind and big heart, empathy, sarcasm, dealing with change and disappointment

Impact Social Communication Rating Scale

Examine how social communication may affect everyday social interactions and/or academic performance as required by IDEA

Now Available in Spanish

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Highlights

Helps measure impact on educational progress. Questions presented in a video based format. Automated scoring. Parents and teachers can easily access the rating forms online (by phone, tablet, etc). Parent Spanish forms and instructions included.

scores

Standard scores,
percentile ranks, impact analysis

ages

5-21 years

psychometric data

Nationwide standardization sample of 1006 examinees (typically developing), stratified to match the most recent U.S. Census data on gender, race/ethnicity, and region. Strong sensitivity and specificity (above 80%), high internal consistency, and test-retest reliabilities.

format

Online rating scale with accompanying videos that narrate and explain the questions. Automated scoring

Administration time

30 to 45 mins for all 3 rating scales

Stutter Squad

A Research Based Curriculum and Approach to Stuttering

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How It Works?

It's as easy as 1,2,3....

Use Video Modeling Scenes

Watch explainer videos or social scenes

Discuss Scenes or Topics

Use no-prep discussion questions and worksheets

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Use Evidence Based Programs to Boost Outcomes

The Video Learning Squad programs are developed by the Lavi Institute and are held to highest standards in validation of intervention programs. Our programs are first field-tested, validated and then made available for clinical use. The Social Skills Squad program has been clinically used and field-tested with children and teens (between the ages of 7 and 18) with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Social Communication Disorder (SCD) or pragmatic language impairment, Emotional Disturbance (ED) and Intellectual Disability (ID)

What Our SLP Customers Have to Say

I finally found a product that many of my high school students across a diverse population of disabilities can benefit from in the area of social skills therapy. These hands on videos teach a variety of social skills using actual video footage the students can listen to, watch and interpret instead of looking at a 2-dimensional photo card that is flat. I highly recommend this product due to its functionality for social therapy and it's usefulness across ages, especially high school.

Andrea Grout, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

What a lifesaver! I’m always struggling to find practical materials for my pragmatics groups. There are only so many times I can read out hypothetical situations or role play. This program really makes the concepts easy to understand for my students. They watch the situations unfold and have a better understanding of how to interpret facial expressions and vocal intonations. It’s just been such a great addition to my arsenal of therapy materials. Plus (and most importantly), it’s research based! Thank you for this product!

Michelle Santiago, MA, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

“I absolutely love this program. Not only is it research based, it is also prep-free and the biggest time saver"

Alexa Mazurek, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

The Social Skills Squad program is great because it’s easy to use and it teaches students how to detect and use facial expressions and vocal inflections. Eye contact is often addressed in pragmatic language therapy, however, other key nonverbal details have been left out… until now! This program also demonstrates real life scenarios and utilizes peer modeling. On top of all the therapeutic benefits, my students love the use of videos/technology during their speech visits – I give it a 10/10!