Orange County Register: Balboa Mom Makes Learning Videos for Autistic Children
“Brilliant!”
That’s what Heather O’Shea, executive clinical director of the Comprehensive Educational Services’ Irvine center said when she saw a video made by a mom whose twins are autistic.
Videos like that one taught Balboa Island resident Laura Kasbar’s son, Max, and daughter, Ana, not to just talk and read but to get ahead of the curve and into college at age 16.
“The video did a lot that helps autistic children learn,” O’Shea said. “It cuts out the external factors that can be distracting. It zeroes in on the specific thing that the child is learning.
These videos O’Shea is talking about are part of a learning platform called GemIIni, created by Kasbar out of sheer necessity...Click here for link to article.