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are the family of not one but 2 little boys with autism. We found
your videos when our eldest was just two. He was non-verbal
at the time. With in the first six months, his speech had accelerated
to being developmentally appropriate! He is now 3.5 and,
according to his developmental pediatrician, no longer resides on
the spectrum, has full range of speech (including W questions),
and attends preschool with neurotypical peers with out any assistance!
However, our youngest is just now one and is displaying symptoms
of autism, including a lack of spontaneous babbling and other speech.
We put on the 1st video for him a few nights ago, and on
the first run through, he said "ball" when presented with
his favorite. Oh! What a blessing!! We may be able to stop
him from falling in the rabbit hole to begin with. Thank you for
your series, and I promise to share you with all the other families
with special little ones like ours.
-- Kari B. Tulsa, OK
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We have a six year old son who has autism. He was completely non-verbal
until he was past his fourth birthday, despite help from early intervention,
speech and language therapy through the hospital and occupational
therapy. He was also attending a preschool for kids with disabilities.
Many things came together to help Charlie learn language, one of them
was the Baby Bumblebee tapes and later the DVDs. We started
with them when he was much younger and when he finally did start talking
many of the phrases were off of the tapes. At first it was just repeating
what was said (echolalia), but later the words became meaningful to
him.
He has also learned to sight read all of those words and type many
of them as well. It was with great foresight that you included the
spelling for each of the words and concepts presented.
One thing that I love is that while teaching kids with autism
words is important, my son learned to express himself emotionally
from your tapes. The emotions that he saw on Otis and Olivia at the
park were eye-opening to him. He loves that movie.
Thanks for the videos. We keep buying them. This time I am
buying the alphabet and phonics movie and the Opposites movie. Charlie
has no concept of opposites yet and I am hoping that this will help
him.
-- Janet B. PA
I just wanted to tell you how great your videos are. I am the mother
of an Autistic 3 year old child. Recently I purchased all
three volumes of the vocabulary builders. He has been watching
them so much. He loves them!!! Since watching your videos his vocabulary
has improved tremendously. I thank God for you and your company!!!!
I can hardly wait to purchase the other videos. My child's speech
pathologist was also very impressed with the videos. By the way, he
loves your videos as much as he loves Toy Story. No joke!!!! Thanks
so much.
--
Jennifer Las Vegas, NV
My
3 1/2 year old Autistic son, Aaron went from one to 2 words to 25
words in one week of watching the video! This is a blessing
and I'm so grateful to the creators. We are truly experiencing Aaron's
first words since his regression. He also has not only said the
words while watching the video, he is applying those words in a
purposeful fashion. This is something we expected would be at least
two years away. We have a lot more hope then we did before. I encourage
your readers to share my comments to other parents of Autistic Children
Thank you from Lisa, Michael and big brother Max for this gift.
--
San Antonio, TX
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I
rarely contact a company to praise their product, but I could not
let another day go by without thanking you for your fabulous product.
My husband and I were concerned that our two year old, (now three),
was autistic or that he had a very severe speech problem. I found
your advertisement on the web and decided to try them out (I ordered
the 5 vocabulary builder set). After a month he could say half of
the tape’s words before they did and now he says them all.
He has even learned how to spell the words. I have told so many
family members and friends about these wonderful tapes. I only wish
you would contact more preschools for speech impaired children about
them. My son will go to preschool for speech because we had enrolled
him last spring but I am sure he would be fine with out it now.
I spoke with his teacher and she had not heard of these tapes. I
really believe that if I had not bought these tapes my son would
not have progressed as far as he has. These tapes
have been a life saver for my husband and myself (we were worried
sick about our son). I do not know why these tapes clicked with
my son but they have and the classical music is so soothing to him.
--Joanne
D.
My
wife and I purchased the entire Baby Bumble Bee series for our daughter
who has been diagnosed with PDD/autism. At age 2 and prior
to purchasing these videos, she could say maybe 3 words. Now,
at age 2 1/2, through these videos and a home-based ABA program,
she can say over 100 words and is well on her way to being "recovered."
Our daughter can't get enough of these videos and always asks specifically
for "Bee." The Baby Bumble Bee videos are amazing in the
results they have produced in our daughter and well worth every
penny. We highly recommend them.
--JB from Des Moines, IA
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The Baby BumbleBee series has been a wonderful and essential tool
in educating my autistic daughter. In addition to the limited
vocabulary she has acquired it has helped her with appropriate play,
interaction with other children and eye contact. The mesh of T.V.,
music, children at play, and repetition holds her attention so that
now she repeats back every word on the Baby BumbleBee series. She
even anticipates what is coming next! Thank you so much!!
--
Eileen C. Idaho City, ID
"My
two year old son was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder
this past summer and was almost nonverbal with only a few approximation
of words". He was already receiving Early Intervention
and making many strides in other areas yet he was still nonverbal.
My husband came upon the Baby Bumble Bee web site and figured we
would try anything. We ordered the 1st vocabulary Baby Bumble Bee
Video to see if he liked them. He not only loved them,
within a few days of watching the video he was saying every word
on that Volume, even without the verbal prompt and
with our help he was carrying on those words to actual things in
his environment. Henceforth we ordered the entire set and his vocabulary
is kicking in full speed ahead. His Speech Therapist was amazed
when she observed him watching the videos and repeating every word.
Another wonderful aspect of the videos is that they depict many
different pictures of each word. This helps children with PDD to
learn to generalize. Thank You
--
Mary M. Wappinger Falls, NY
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Hello...just
wanted to thank you for your great products. Although I
have only seen a few minutes of the first video, I was amazed at
the response of the children watching it. I am a veteran
speech pathologist who specializes in early intervention with children
with language delays and developmental disabilities. I
am constantly looking for products to help parents follow through
with therapy tasks during the week. Generally, I am not fond of
videos. But, your video was PERFECT! I love the
simple presentation using examples of function and categorization.
I wish all of my kids had these at home! Thank you again!
--
Connie H., M.S. CCC-SLP
Our
son has autism and 8 months ago was nonverbal.
We started with the numeracy video and when our son began counting
everything, we knew we were onto something. We now have all 5 vocabulary
builder and the sequencing videos, and Sam knows all
the words and can identify them when we see them anywhere. Now we
want more! Do you have any other videos? Because autism
means he is a very visual learner, and, like any kid, learns well
from repetition, videos are a GREAT way of learning. Please let
us know; we'd love to test run anything you have in the works as
well. Thank you again,
--Naomi
– from Maryland
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I
purchased your videos when I found out my daughter had PDD at two
years of age. I was reluctant at first, but purchased the
vocabulary building videos. She started out at two words and after
watching them and purchasing action words she now has
a vocabulary of over 100 words. She loves them and
now comes to me and asks for them by name. How wonderful your products
are and today I ordered your new releases and have about 11 videos
now. Thank you so much, you have helped my child to better communicate
with me and for that I will be forever grateful.
Thank
You! - H.L.
Dear Baby
Bumble Bee,
I
want to express my deepest gratitude to Baby Bumble Bee. My 2 ½
year old son was diagnosed with PDD and had minimal speech. Thanks
to speech therapy and your videos Tommy now has a vocabulary of
over 150 words. When I asked his speech therapist about
these tapes she was very skeptical and said that these tapes seldom
help, and it wasn't the answer. Well, she was wrong... Tommy talks
more with your tapes than with his therapist. (Of course, she was
shocked!) He not only learned his colors, but he learned opposites
and action words. And the most beautiful thing is...
He uses his words appropriately. He even learned how to nod his
head to yes and no!!!
Thank
you for helping us in one of our darkest moments and helping our
child move ahead. If I can suggest one thing to the parents reading
these reviews, give Baby Bumble Bee a chance. You won't regret it.
There’s nothing like the feeling of hopelessness when it comes
to not being able to help your children. This is one way you are
able to help and get results. REAL RESULTS!! Please try it, you
have nothing to lose and everything the gain. Thank you Baby Bumble
Bee. Keep the tapes coming.
--
Sue S. Whitestone, NY
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I
signed on to look up the word “Autism”, my son is 2
½ years old and is not talking, he was evaluated by a speech
therapist who said he was showing signs of Autism, I had
him evaluated by a Developmental Pediatrician who diagnosed him
with PDD, however your website popped up, I read first all the comments
of parents who stated how wonderful your tapes are. I
ordered volume one since my baby is not talking at all, after looking
at the tapes for three days, he got a banana off the kitchen counter
and brought it to me and said "banana", I
could have cried, that is such a milestone to be able to pronounce
a three syllable word, I will be viewing your tapes with my son
every day, with the help of your tapes and the speech therapist
I know my son will be ok.
-
Donna from Maryland
Thank
you so much for the videos. They are wonderful. The students are
now asking for the videos by name. Every Friday we watch
a ½ hour video and they now ask for a Baby BumbleBee video
to watch. We (the teachers) love them because it helps them to learn
vocabulary and encourages them to interact. All it takes is for
one of the students to start doing what they are doing on the screen
and then they all get into it. It is so neat to see them involved
on their own. We all here at Burger School are very appreciative
of your generous donation. With all the cuts that occur in the schools,
it is hard to be able to come up with extra money for purchases
such as yours. Thank you again.
-
Sandy Bosker, a Pre-school Teacher for kids with Autism
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