Social skills are the skills we use everyday to interact and communicate with others. They include verbal and non-verbal communication, such as using correct body language, understanding social rules, using appropriate language in conversation, and understanding other’s point of view.<\/p>\n
Social skills are important to maintain positive interactions with others and for sustaining friendships.\u00a0 Here are some general activities that can help your child improve social skills:<\/p>\n
Friend File Thinking Bubble Template Tool<\/a><\/p>\n Facilitating Social Play in Virtual Spaces<\/a><\/p>\n Let’s practice having a conversation handout<\/a><\/p>\n Conversation Bead Trackers powerpoint activity<\/a><\/p>\n Conversation Map visual by Jill Kuzma<\/a><\/p>\n Conversation Map activity by Jill Kuzma<\/a><\/p>\n Role Play Videos related to having conversations (suitable for older elementary\/highschool students<\/a>)<\/p>\n Emoji Zones Matching chart<\/a><\/p>\n Emotions Bingo<\/a><\/p>\n Sizes of feelings using Inside Out characters by Jill Kuzma<\/a><\/p>\n Feelings house by Jill Kuzma<\/a><\/p>\n Big and Small Feelings handout\u00a0 that can be used with Feelings house<\/a><\/p>\n Emotion thermometer<\/a><\/p>\n Emotions interactive activity<\/a><\/p>\n Fun Ways to Practice Naming Emotions<\/a><\/p>\n click above link for resources<\/p>\n click above link for resources<\/p>\n These videos are short, visually interesting, and have limited language. You can use them to generate conversation, work on sequencing and narratives, and social thinking skill development. A great video for one student may not be a great video for another student. Remember to ALWAYS PREVIEW YOUR VIDEO BEFORE SCREENING WITH STUDENTS.<\/p>\n Anna Vagin, SLP, has done a lot of excellent work in the area of using YouTube videos in speech-language pathology, and many of these videos come from her suggestions. You may wish to explore her work and publications further at socialtime.org<\/a><\/p>\n Videos for Social Thinking and Communication Goals<\/a><\/p>\n Inspirational short films for students<\/a><\/p>\n Social skills resource page<\/a><\/p>\n Social skills for children with autism spectrum disorder\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nConversations<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Emotions<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
Social thinking<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
Social stories<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n
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Useful websites<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n