Narkaling Productions, 1992, Crossley & McDonald, Annie's Coming Out, read by Margaret Ford
Autism Treatment Services of Canada Facilitated Communication; Making an Informed Choice
It is not intended as a comprehensive how-to instruction tape, but rather to give parents, child care workers, and educators a solid foundation about Facilitated Communication.
$49.50 & $3.50 s&h (Canadian)
Center for Speech and Language Disorders - Facilitated Communication; Identifying the source of the communication
'This training video will help you objectively evaluate each communication'
(18 mins.)
Chapman University School of Education - More than Meets the Eye
'The video provides the necessary information to begin the process of facilitated communication.'
(135 mins. $62)
Geneva Centre Opening the Door
An introduction to the technique (Interviews with Crossley & Biklen,
peer facilitators in the classroom, Parents' perspectives)
Facilitator tips (information and illustrations of how to get started)
Implications & Validation (Children talking about what it is like
to have autism, parent and professional perspectives on changes resulting
from FCT)
(30 mins. VHS & PAL; $114 Canadian, $119 outside Canada)
Facilitated Communication Institute - Getting Started with Facilitated Communication
Introduction and overview, including strategies for beginning facilitation.
(15 mins)
Facilitated Communication Institute - Going to School with Facilitated Communication
Techniques for fostering communication and using facilitated communication
in regular classrooms.
(15 mins)
Facilitated Communication Institute - Multimedia Training Package
#1 - A Part of Our Life; Facilitated Communication with Pre-School
Age Children (how to introduce FCT to young children with developmental
disabilities)
#2 - Facilitated Communication in the School Years (how students
can be supported in regular classes)
#3 - A New Beginning; Facilitated Communication for Adults (how
FCT is enhancing the lives of adults living in the community)
#4 - Facilitated Communication with Families and Friends (showing
several families' experiences with FCT and the changes it has brought)
#5 - We Have A Lot To Offer; an Introduction to Facilitated Communication
#6 - Every Step of the Way - Towards Independent Communication
Training videotape and documentary of individuals working towards independent
typing, demonstrating their progress and sharing their thoughts on what
helps them succeed.
($50 American per VHS tape, $200 for the set, or $60/240 for PAL)
Facilitated Communication Institute - Under Controlled Conditions: Validating Facilitated Communication
"This videotape is a documentary of a research project where individuals who use facilitation to communicate worked at validating their communication abilities by playing computer games in a 'blind condition' (i.e. with the facilitator unable to see the communication screen)."
($50 VHS, $60 PAL)
FaCTs Getting the words out
Filmed during one of Rosemary Crossleys introductory training workshops on facilitated communication. Shows many clients with various diagnoses using FCT, including footage of the progress of a client through FCT to communication independence. Intended to augment (not replace) a thorough training program.
Tape 1: Facilitated Communication Training: What,
Why, When, Who
Tape 2: Hand Function Impairments in People with SCI
Tape 3: Facilitated Communication and Literacy
Tape 4: Getting Started: New Students, New Facilitators
Tape 5: Reducing Support, Increasing Independence
Tape 6: Issues of Concern; Validity, Reliability,
Gullibility
(6 * 60 Mins. VHS & PAL; $250 American (VHS), $350 (PAL))
Double S Instructional Systems - Facilitated Communication, Vol. 1
"Demonstrates a 7-step process and is designed to teach new facilitators".
(60 mins, US$49.95)
Double S Instructional Systems - The Danger of Pseudofacilitation - How to prevent unconscious influence
"...the majority of facilitators... have been inadequately trained in guarding against the danger of ideomotor action.... Strategies for guarding against the dangers of suggestibility will be given.".
(60 mins, US$54.95, S&h $6.00)
Just Kids Learning Center - Joey's Story
"...a training film which introduces the viewer to Joey, a four year old boy with autism who communicates with others using a method called facilitated communication..."
(US$33)
New Breakthroughs - Facilitated Communication; your personal training video
"Demonstrates a 7-step process and is designed to teach new facilitators".
(60 mins, US$35)
New Breakthroughs - Heart to Heart
"Nobel physicist Arthur Schalow, Berger, and the Millers - a combined 30 years of experience with FC - document the maze of medical and educational failures in autism. Includes 1985 Facilitated Communications video footage.".
(2 hrs, US$50)
New Breakthroughs - Pioneering New Breakthroughs
This in-depth workshop discusses the history and uses of Facilitated Communication".
(5 hrs, US$100)
New Breakthroughs - Positive Validation Study Video
An in-depth discussion of this pioneering study!".
(US$50 (PAL version $60))
Queensland Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Facilitated Communication 1993
An introductory tape on FCT designed for new facilitators.
(14 mins.)
River Bend Company Fluency; the next step in facilitated communication
(US$25)
Film Australia Annie's Coming Out/Test of Love
Film of Annie's Coming Out (see Monographs); released in America as Test of Love. Award-winning story of the development of FCT in Australia and its use to free Anne McDonald from an institution. .
Salamanca Theatre Company - Annie's Coming Out
Production(s) of Davey, Annie's Coming Out, 1982
News (American)
CBS News Eye on America (10 mins) Oct. 24, 1991
Eye on America (10 mins) Oct. 25, 1991
News (Canadian)
CBC News (10 mins) Dec. 12, 1991
Features (American)
ABC (Hsia, L., & Sawyer, D.)
- Prime Time Live; Free from silence
Jan. 23, 1992
Frontline; Prisoners of Silence
Oct. 19, 1993
Features (Canadian)
CBC The Fifth Estate; Touching Words (25 mins)
Jan. 7, 1992
CTV The Dini Petty Show (15 mins)
Jan. 22, 1992
I would very much appreciate any suggestions for additions to this bibliography. I can be reached by e-mail at cborthwick@vichealth.vic.gov.au.
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