Product Description

A double CD collection of original music, songs, stories and games for children and young adults across the autistic spectrum. Connections includes over two hours of music in a variety of styles: pop, rap, dance, folk and country. A full user guide is included, which gives ideas and instructions for using the resource within specialist and mainstream classrooms or at home.

Connections is the result of a two year development period that has involved young people with autism, teachers, music therapists, carers, psychologists and other experts in the field. No musical expertise is needed, and the user guide gives comprehensive support for home users, including the key skills each track has been written to support the development of.

Connections also includes stories, instrumental relaxation tracks and action rhymes for helping with routine building and daily activities.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #382143 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• 52 pages

Primary Music Today (Summer 2005).
This is a high quality resource that many will find worth every penny of its price and more.

Times Educational Supplement, September 2005
A tool for teachers and carers who are convinced music can help autistic children to interact and communicate.

Times Educational Supplement
Teachers convinced autistic children benefit from music and song can say goodbye to nursery rhymes and welcome a bhangra beat.

Customer Reviews

Practical, useful resource that children love
I work with children with ASD and other special needs and we use these CD's all the time. You can tell that a massive amount of research into autism has gone into the product. The fact that the National Autistic Society were involved in the product is very reassuring.

The quality of the songs is really high and they focus on improving communication skills, waving, eye contact and sharing etc. The children in my classes especially love the Hello and Clapping songs.

You don't need to be a music expert to use it and songs are easy to learn and fun to sing. We're so glad that there is finally a product out there that is high quality and actually useful in the classroom on a day to day basis.

The 2nd CD is relaxation songs and we use this often too.

Highly recommended.