TeachTown is a more expensive program that is better suited for use at the clinic or at school. It costs $300 annually per child, and has programs for children from 18 months to 15 years. Children learn social skills, emotional skills, cognitive skills, and communication skills.
- Meta- Play
- 18 months – 4 years
- Play based approach to fostering the development of imagination and related social and cognitive skills
- Teach Town Basics
- Curriculum that addresses the academic, cognitive, and social emotional challenges faced by students
- Aged 2-10
- Elementary Social Skills
- Aged 4-8
- Engaging curriculum to improve social interaction
- Teaches appropriate, positive, social behaviours
- Students view appropriate social interactions as demonstrated by an engaging cast of characters
- Middle School Social Skills
- Age 9-15
- Teaches crucial social skills with a focus on increasing emotional intelligence
- Uses video modeling and visual supports to teach appropriate, positive social skills and replacement behaviours
A study by Whalen and colleagues (2010) analyzed children aged 3-6 and their use of Teach Town. They found that after using Teach Town, some children exhibited higher rates of spontaneous commenting and lower rates of inappropriate language. They also found that more looking and positive affect towards adults were observed while the children were engaging with the computer game, and fewer inappropriate behaviours were seen after the treatment. Due to lack of rigour in the data collection and blinding, this study received a strength rating of 1.
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