DVDs to watch
- Autism Solutions (or you can watch this online here) – 50 minutes
- Inspiring Journeys
- Raun Kaufman’s Breakthrough Strategies
- (optional) A Miracle of Love (NBC TV film of the story of the founding of Son-rise)
Books to read
- What you can do right now to help your child with Autism (by Jonathon Levy, a Son-rise teacher who explains Son-rise Program principles in very simple, easy and fun to read format)
Webinars to watch
- Autism Solutions – Intro film 55 minutes – also on DVD
- Raun Kaufman – Breakthrough Strategies for Autism Treatment 1hr 28
- William Hogan – High Functioning Autism/Aspergers – 1 hr 30 minutes
- Raun Kaufman – Decision Making in the Playroom – 50 minutes
- Kate Wilde – Games & Activities for Son-Rise Programs – 19 minutes
Youtube Blog Posts of Possible Playroom Activities – Senior Son-rise teachers demonstrating possible games and activities in the playroom (dozen to click on on right hand side)
Written blog posts from Sonrise teachers (click by theme on the right)
Optional books to read
- Son-rise the Miracle Continues (autobiographical account of the Kaufman’s recovery of Raun, followed by 5 other Son-rise success stories)
- A Miracle to Believe In (autobiographical story of Kaufman’s work with the first autistic child after Raun)
- Happiness is a Choice and To Love is to be Happy With (books by Barry Kaufman that articulate the underlying philisophical basis of the Sonrise founders)
- PowerDialogues (philysophical and instructional handbook for doing OptionProcess Dialogues, a tool developed by the Kaufmans to support people in creating more happiness in their lives)
- Giant Steps (autobiographical description of the Option Dialogue process in use with several young people)
