Today we’re discussing how to teach conversation and social skills to older children who are struggling.  This may include children with autism or other social impairments.

Learn more about supporting students with autism and other communication needs

1. Choose children who need social skills training, group together and add peers if possible

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    Tell child you’ll be working on social skills, bring in peers, friends, other children with autism, siblings if possible

2. Observe natural social interactions to choose one target: entering a group conversation

3. Observe typical kids in that situation

4. Write social script/social story

5. Read the story with the group and discuss

6. Act out the story with different people being the person approaching

7. Provide reinforcement about how each child performed

8. Ask peers to rate how other child performed

9. Send home info to parents and have them practice/talk about it at home

10. Take that skill to a natural setting with the same children

11. Have the child rate his own performance

12. Take child to a natural setting with whatever people are there.

13. Talk about skill before he goes in

14. Have him rate his performance after done and give feedback

15. Maintenance:

Learn more about supporting students with autism and other communication needs

Check out the freebies that we have inside our Free Therapy Material Library!

How to Initiate Interactions – Social Story

Tools for Extending Conversations – Visual Aid

Making Inferences from Pictures Worksheets

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