The Best way to Teach

Students with Special Needs

How to Tie Their Shoes

Research Based: 
Shoe Tying Video Model

    • Clear and Simple instructions for your students to master the steps.  
    • Hands on Learning means your students will have plenty of opportunity to practice and improve their skills.
    • Clear non distracting, age appropriate images works well with with any grade level

6 Step instruction designed to teach your
students to tie their shoes INDEPENDENTLY. 

“Research has shown that videos that were taken from the “first person” perspective combined with, narration and visual prompts was effective enough that no reinforce was needed to teach life skills, and had a lasting effect with students maintaining skill acquisition after 1 month."

- A meta- analysis of video modeling and video self-modeling interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders- Scott Bellini

Quick and Effective

Video instruction has been shown to lead to faster skill acquisition. 


Shoe Tying Video Model Special Needs Down Syndrome
Video Modeling Shoe Tying Adapted 4 Special Ed Special Needs

Research Based Practice for Special Needs  

Video modeling has been shown to be effective with a wide variety of disabilities including ASD, as well as students with low and high cognitive abilities.

​Increase Independence

Shoe tying is a basic life skill that every one needs to increase their level of independence.  



Video Model Show Tying Down Syndrome Special Needs

“Watching predominantly positive and/ or successful behaviors, is essential to effective modeling as it increases both attention and motivation to attend to the modeled behaviors and self-efficacy."

- A meta- analysis of video modeling and video self-modeling interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders- Scott Bellini

“Video modeling led to quicker acquisition of skills than in vivo (live example).  In addition, children’s behaviors generalized after presentations of video modeling, but did not generalize after in-vivo modeling.”

- A Comparison of Video Modeling with In Vivo Modeling for Teaching Children with Autism Marjorie H. Charlop-Christy,1,3 Loc Le,2 and Kurt A. Freeman1

What You’ll Get...

Video Model of Shoe Tying broken down into 6 steps.  Research based data sheet to track your students progress.

Shoe Tying Video Model

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We love watching students who struggle with so many things, learn a new skill.  The smile they give, and the pride they feel when they know they got it, is the most wonderful thing in the world.