Volume I is best used for children ages 2 – 6. While the program is designed for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), including Asperger's and developmental disorders, it also is appropriate for children with no learning disabilities.

• Gross Motor Imitation – big movements like hopping, marching and waving
• Gross Motor Imitation Sequences – combinations of the movements described above
• Object Imitation – imitating movements with simple props like blocks; object imitation is a prerequisite for many play skills
• Peer Imitation – imitating another child or childlike character; in this case imitating Max
• Fine Motor Imitation – imitating smaller movements like pointing.

• Increase ability to attend
• Develop and improve learning readiness skills
• Develop organizational skills
• Increase motor planning
• Increase social awareness
• Develop visual memory and sequencing skills
• Develop appropriate play skills
• Increase ability to function in social situations
• Develop fine motor prerequisite skills necessary for hand eye coordination

• Stop and Go
• One Step Commands
• Commands to Display Actions
• Multi Step Commands

• Increase ability to attend
• Develop and improve learning readiness skills
• Improve auditory memory and processing skills
• Improve receptive language skills
• Develop an awareness of action labels
• Develop an awareness of emotion labels

• Matching Colors
• Matching Shapes
• Matching Letters (in the story book only)
• Matching Numbers
• Matching Pictures to 3 dimensional objects

• Improve visual discrimination skills
• Improve learning readiness skills
• Improve attending skills
• Improve receptive language skills
• Improve ability to make associations between 2D and 3D figures
• Develop pre-reading skills
• Develop pre-math skills

Students spend far more time at home with their parents where many teachable moments exist. The Max and Friends program distills much of what is included in an educational program into a system that can be used at home and act as a viable reinforcement.

The program includes a Parent Manual that helps educate parents in:

The CD from Max and Friends Volume 1 contains 18 fun, infectious children's songs set to a world music beat. Classic children's songs plus originally recordings of skill-building songs make learning fun anytime, anywhere.