Customer Reviews

Little Pilgrims Let's Go to the Restaurant - DVD Video for Children with Autism, PDD-NOS, Aspergers, ADD, ADHD, and Speech Delay. Teaches Behavior Modeling. Includes Expert Instructions from the Director of an Early Intervention Program!

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Length:: 2:15 Mins

I purchased this DVD for my 4 year old daughter with ASD. Since my husband ahd I eat out frequently, I was thrilled to see that someone offered a social stories DVD on this topic. Overall, Little Pilgrims did a good job identifying the key points of the restaurant experiencing from how to order from the menu to how to pay the bill. Little Pilgrims also did an excellent job covering restaurant manners.

While I personally found the DVD to be a bit bland, my daughter loves it. Since she is the target audience, I would say that Little Pilgrims hit its mark. The DVD really seems to help her to make sense of the restaurant experience. Since my daughter is hyperlexic, she really seems to appreciate how the producers used labels in this DVD.

The creators of this video series really understands what autistic kids need. They are paced much better than videos for 'typical' kids. The therapist who talks at the end is spot on. This video series is extremely valuable for parents of children with autism. I would highly recommend all of them and their companion picture books which help because autistic kids are visual learners.

THE PROS: Well packaged, good pace for kids with ASD, good price.
NEGATIVES: It is HARD to do one video and meet the needs of all spectrum kids- I have to grant that. This video did not meet my childs needs in that the text caused a distraction to the content.I am sure it would work better for some other kids.

I have never been around an Autistic child, not one with ADD, so I don't know if this would help one or not. My child has Apraxia of speech. This is so simple and broken down, it would only entertain a child with a severe disorder. It shows the child going into the restaurant and says "He is going into the restaurant. He is going to cross the street now to go into the restaurant. He is going to hold his grandfather's hand to go into the restaurant. He is going to cross the street now. He is going into the restaurant now." Drove me crazy!!