Over 80 Software Titles from the Around the World

Many children within the autism spectrum love the computer.  Autism Coach allows you to make the most of your child's computer time by offering high-quality, hard-to-find software titles from the U.S., England, Canada, Australia and France that help your child move ahead  in a variety of critical areas while having fun (and giving mom or dad a much needed break).

Autism Coach software benefits a wide range of children:  from preschoolers to teenagers, from classically autistic to Asperger's Syndrome.  Browse through our software catalog and you might find just the right program for your child.  We are constantly adding new titles, so keep checking back! 

What if a child can't use a mouse or keyboard?

If a child shows an interest in computers but can't use a mouse or keyboard, there are a wide variety of hardware add-ons available to let kids use a computer.  More

New!  Software for Spring

Leaps and Bounds Switch

Leaps and Bounds Switch contains activities specially selected for the switch user.  Includes seven activities that can be accessed with a mouse, keyboard, switch, touch screen or even interactive whiteboard.  Activities include cause and effect, visual discrimination and memory, tracking and left-right orientation, problem solving and sequencing.  Free of text and speech, easy to use, and fun.  For ages 4-6.  More

Sound Activities

A sequel to the popular Sound Stories, Sound Activities captures beginning readers' attention with more fun spelling and listening activities. The friendly spider from Sound Stories is back to cheer, "Well done!" as children complete four focused activities designed to support sound identification, letter recognition, listening skills, and more. Ages 5-7.  More

Sound Beginnings 2

Sound Beginnings 2 is the second edition of this unique vocalization program, where the program responds to specific words the child says into a microphone.  Activities include the following.  Counting - creatures are shown on the screen and children respond by making a noise or saying the correct number, from 1 to 10.  Placing - reinforce placing or positioning words by calling them out to make the character appear in the right spot.
Ages 5-7.   More

GrammarTrainer - Only from Autism Coach!

Autism Coach is proud to exclusively offer GrammarTrainer, an innovative new software course designed that teaches children to communicate with longer sentences while improving their grammar and writing.  For children with a vocabulary of age 2 and up. To learn more about GrammarTrainer and try interactive example lessons, click here.

Language Building Software

Autism Coach contains many software titles to help develop and strengthen communication skills.  Our language building software titles include the following:

Great Action Adventure

The Great Action Adventure teaches more than 70 verbs to children within the autism spectrum using live-action video clips.  More effective than flash cards, this program includes a Play area, where children can click on the verbs and see them acted out, a Teach Me area, where quizzes reinforce their understanding.  It also teaches nouns related to the verbs, verb tenses, and sign language.  It includes a Settings Menu that allows you to customize the words taught, the order in which they are taught, reinforcements given, and more.  Ages 2-6.    More

Picture This Pro is an easy to use, highly flexible program that contains thousands of photos that you can use to create photo flash cards, living skills strips, choice boards, token boards, and educational materials to help your child or student learn to communicate, behave and understand the world. Ages 3 and up.

Dada DaVinci incorporates famous works of art and classical music to teach language to infants and toddlers.  Vocabulary areas addressed include body parts, shapes, colors, numbers, and animals. Dada DaVinci offers a unique option of teaching children in up to eight languages simultaneously or individually, perfect for multi-lingual families.  Ages 1-2.   More

Social Skill Building Software

We offer software to help children develop social and coping skills for day to day life at home and at school.  Our social skill building software titles include the following:

Fun With Feelings uses a step-by-step strategy to teach children to recognize and generalize understanding of 20 common emotions.  Breaks emotions into visual and auditory components, explains when emotions are displayed, and then promotes generalization.  More

Mind Reading is a phenomenal software title from England providing live action video clips of over 400 emotions and games to teach children, teens and adults to recognize human emotions.  Created by one of the world's foremost experts in autism, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University in England, its long awaited republishing is complete and all versions of Mind Reading are now available.  From England.  More   

Cognitive Ability Building Software

Our hard-to-find cognitive software titles strengthen basic cognitive abilities such as memory, auditory processing,  visualization, and multi-tasking.    These titles benefit children within a wide age range and include:   BrainBuilder, Test and Improve Your Memory, ThinkFast, and Thinkin' Things.  

Test and Improve Your Memory takes you around the world to play 12 fun games that improve visual and verbal memory.  It is best suited for high functioning children within the autism spectrum, including those with Asperger's Syndrome.  Ages 10 through adult. More

Software for Professionals

Autism Coach software is used by classroom teachers, special education teachers, speech therapists, and other talented professionals.  Please let us know if you are interested in site licenses, multi-user licenses and lab packs for Topologika,  SoundSmart, or additional software titles. Please email us a list of  titles you are interested in and we will respond with options and prices.

Looking for Software to Meet a Specific Need?

We have access to hundreds of additional educational software titles.  Just drop us an email  with your requirements and we will research descriptions and prices of applicable titles.

Most Windows 95/98 Programs Run on Windows XP Home

According to Microsoft, "Windows XP is directly compatible with hundreds of applications, but if you have an older application that is not compatible, you can force Windows XP to provide an "environment" under which that application runs. You can choose from Windows 95, Windows 98 / ME, Windows NT (sp5), or the Windows 2000 environment.  According to one of Autism Coach's software manufacturers,  9 out of 10 of his older Windows programs run under the Windows 95/98 emulator provided by Windows XP.

We are pleased to offer the following books to help children with emotional and related issues. Two books by Tony Attwood, Exploring Feelings -Anger and Exploring Feelings - Anxiety, provide structured programs to help children better understand and manage their feelings of anger and anxiety.  These programs may be carried out by a parent or a professional.   Gray's Guide to Bullying, edited by Carol Gray, provides the most comprehensive analysis of bullying and recommendations on how to create a school-wide program to prevent and eliminate bullying that we have come across.  In addition, we are introducing the Easy English Dictionary, which provides 5,000 basic terms and simple definitions designed for language-impaired children.    More

New!  Videos

We are pleased to now offer a series of videos and DVDs for children, parents and professionals.  The Sound It Out Land DVD provides games for young children to learn the alphabet while they sing along.  We also offer several video seminars for parents and professionals by leading experts in autism including Dr. Tony Attwood, Dr. Temple Grandin, and Carol Gray.  More

New Research Links Autism and Immunization

April 19, 2005.  According to this week's Newsweek and Science News magazines, a study carried out at the University of Arkansas Children's Hospital by  by S. Jill James, director of biochemical genetics,  indicates that children in the autism spectrum have unusually low levels of Glutathione.  Glutathione is an anti-oxidant that binds to heavy metals in the body, including mercury, and is a critical component of detoxification.  In a study of 75 autistic children and 95 neurotypical children, all 75 autistic children had unusually low levels of an active form of Glutathione.  This adds credibility to the theory that immunizations containing mercury in the form of the preservative, thimerisol, would not be detoxified well by these children, linking immunizations to mercury poisoning and autism. Glutathione is essential for proper functioning of the immune system, brain, and intestinal tract. According to James, preliminary results indicate that the Glutathione levels are increased to normal levels when children are given methyl B12, Trimethylglycine, and an active form of folic acid. 

IDEA 2004 Information

Now that IDEA 2004 legislation was signed into law on by President Bush on December 3, 2004, families of children with special needs are awaiting the impact, when it becomes law on July 1, 2005.  IDEA is the key piece of legislation that entitles children with special needs to receive an education in the public schools.  We recommend that parents and guardians of school-age children become familiar with the new guidelines.  For an analysis by the California Board of School administrators, click here.  Other excellent resources are wrightslaw.com, an organization that provides information to help parents advocate for their special needs children, copaa.net, a Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, and pacer.org, the Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights.

Special Supplements for Your Child

Not all supplements are created alike. Autism Coach supplements help your child derive the most benefit from his or her supplement program. Most are easy to take (either as a liquid or can be mixed into food), contain only high-quality, all-natural ingredients, and are free from ingredients that are commonly allergenic and/or problematic for children within the autism spectrum.  Our supplements provide a full range of nutritional support.  More  

Phosphatidyl Serine

Phophosphatidyl Serine is a supplement that helps to regenerate damaged nerve cells, reverse defects in nerve cell message transmission, and establish new receptor sites in the brain. Phosphatidyl Serine  benefits memory, learning, concentration, mood, alertness, sociability, and reaction time.  More

For those children who cannot swallow a capsule, but would benefit from Cod Liver oil, this new peach-flavored product is not only the best tasting, high quality Cod Liver Oil on the market, but is also molecularly distilled to remove heavy metals and other potentially harmful contaminants.  Our oil is high in Omega 3, known for supporting brain development and for its anti-inflammatory properties.  More

Carn-Aware

Autism Coach is pleased to offer Carn-Aware, a special L-Carnosine supplement formulated by neurologist Dr. Michael Chez.  In a double-blind study conducted by Dr. Chez, significant improvements in language and socialization were observed in children using L-Carnosine, as opposed to children taking a placebo.  More

Parent Survey Indicates Enzymes Benefit Children

According to a survey of 260 parents using the enzymes, Peptizyde and Zyme Prime, over a seven month period, 90% of parents observed sustained behavioral improvements in their children. Virtually all of these parents saw improvements within two weeks of starting these enzymes.  

Peptizyde breaks down gluten and casein proteins commonly found in wheat and dairy products. Some experts in autism  consider gluten and casein to be  problematic for autistic children. 

HN-Zyme Prime is a complementary broad-spectrum enzyme, which helps to promote proper digestion and assimilation of all foods, and provides some benefit for children with phenol sensitivities.

These two enzymes complement each other when used together and are acceptable for special diets such as the Gluten Free/Casein Free diet and the Feingold diet.

Peptizyde and Zyme-Prime are available from Autism Coach.  

 Bike Riding Kit

Children within the autism spectrum frequently have difficulty riding a two-wheel bike.  We tried to get our son switched over for two years to no avail.  Finally, in desperation, we decided to try a patented video on riding a bike in combination with the wonderful Dizzy Disc balance toy to improve his balance system. In two weeks he was riding.  More

Audiblox Cognitive Development Kit

Audiblox is a structured program of cognitive exercises primarily using plastic colored, blocks, to develop core cognitive abilities, including  improving visual and auditory memory.  Developed by Dr. Jan Strydom of South Africa, this program is primarily used to help children with dyslexia, but has also been used successfully by children who are high functioning within the autism spectrum.  More

Games

Wonderful co-operative games for the holidays and year round.  Brainy Games provides 3 games in a single box that exercise visualization, logic and strategy skills. These games include the Griddle Game where you create as many complete and unburnt breakfasts as possible, and the Flu Game, where you are a team of doctors trying to get rid of a spreading flu bug and make well the sick.  In Earthquake, players have to help the human and animal families get past crevices to reach their homes.  Funny Face is a pantomime game for young children that is great for parties and for developing social skills. In Max, children have to help little creatures get to their homes before Max, the tomcat, catches them. Round Up, is the perfect game for horse lovers, where horses are running wild on the range and children have to round up as many as they can and bring them back to the corral.   Sleeping Grump is a variation of the story, Jack and the Beanstalk, where the Grump has taken the villagers' treasures and is now asleep at the top of the beanstalk and the players work together to recover the treasure. These games are wonderful for families, teachers, counselors, and psychologists. They also make great party games.  More 

Immunization Studies

September 2004.  A new study linking immunization to autism was presented to a congressional subcommittee on September 8.  The study found that thimerosal (a preservative containing mercury that has been widely used in immunizations) triggered autism-like symptoms in a strain of mice genetically susceptible to autoimmune disorders (as are many autistic children).  Also, three studies published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons challenge the findings of a widely sited Danish study that claimed there was no connection between introduction of the MMR vaccine in Denmark and an increased incidence of autism.  More

Most Parents Believe Immunization Triggered their Child's Autism 

Inspired by recent studies reopening the immunization/autism debate, we decided to take a poll of Autism Coach customers to determine what they felt triggered their child's autism.  As of October 14, 70% of respondents indicated that they believed immunizations triggered their child's autism and another 5.5% believe immunizations were partially responsible.   More

Underconnectivity in Autism

August, 2004.  The analogy of autism as a puzzle has taken on new meaning as a team of researchers at Carnegie Melon University and the University of Pittsburgh examined the brains of people in the autism spectrum using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans.  The researchers believe that abnormalities in the white matter of the brain making up the "cables" that connect the parts of the brain to each other, have resulted in a lack of coordination between brain areas. The new findings have led the researchers to propose a new theory of the basis of autism, called the Underconnectivity Theory, which proposes that autism is a system-wide brain disorder limiting coordination and integration between brain areas.

The Gifted/Autism Spectrum

Gifted children and autistic children may be part of the same spectrum.  New research in mapping brain activity provides new intriguing insights into the connections between autism and giftedness, music and language.  More

How to Improve Your Child's Prognosis

The Autism Coach Approach helps your child reach his or her maximum potential.   The majority of parents whose children have recovered from autism have followed some or all of these guidelines.  More

British researchers have developed a  checklist for diagnosing autism in toddlers.  Preliminary studies show that they were able to identify children later diagnosed within the autism spectrum.   More

Early Warning Signs of Autism in Infants 

Researchers at the University of Florida are pioneering a new technique for detecting autism in infants by evaluating their crawling patterns.  More