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| Social Language Dictionary Students with pragmatic language disorders or ESOL students can keep this in a binder and write unfamiliar or confusing language when then hear it. Posted 11/15/06. |
SocialLanguageDictionary |
Proxemics Social skills worksheet for secondary students by Joan Altimore and Ann Peck. Posted 12/4/06. |
Proxemics Social Skills |
Proxemics Materials Graphics to teach and monitor the use of personal space. Labels can be printed on Avery 5160 labels to "peel and stick" on situations (see Proxemics materials above). Created by Debbie Dungen. Posted 1/21/07. |
Personal Space |
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Personal Space Labels |
Choices and Have-to-Do's Social Communication Tale to help students know when they can make choices and when they simply have to comply. Created by Diedre Dobbels. Posted 2/8/07. |
Choices and Have To Do |
No Potty Words Social Communication Tale to teach appropriate use of language in social situations. Posted 1/29/06. |
Potty Words Story |
Going to McDonald's Social Communication Tale with sequence strips. Posted 3/13/06. |
McDonalds Directions |
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McD cover |
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Sequence |
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Sequence Strips |
| Social Skills Rule Book Interactive lessons for individuals or classrooms on a variety of social situations and rules for behavior. Posted 3/19/06. |
Rule Book Directions |
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Angry at Friend |
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Angry at Teacher |
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Borrowing from Friend |
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Eat at Table |
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Homework |
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In Cafeteria |
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Into School |
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Leave Classroom |
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On Playground |
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Play Game |
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Taking Test |
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Talk to Friend |
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Talk to Someone you Like |
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Talk to Teacher |
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Wait in Line |
No Middle Finger Social Communication Tale Written by Kim Mourlas to teach appropriate use of hands. Posted 4/18/06. |
Middle Finger Story |
Social Kiss Social Communication Tale created by Kim Mourlas. Posted 4/27/06. |
Social Kiss |
Conversation Tips Posted 7/25/06. |
Tips for Having a Great Conversation |
Turn Taking Materials Posted 8/8/06. |
Good Turn Taking |
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Good Turn Taking2 |
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Not Turn Taking |
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Not Turn Taking 2 |
Turn Taking Materials Posted 8/8/06. |
Turn Taking 1 |
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Turn Taking 3 |
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Turn Taking 4 |
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Turn Taking 5 |
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Turn Taking 6 |
Tea Party Sequence Photo for teaching script-based symbolic play. Developed for a preschool child with autism. Posted 8/8/06. |
Teaparty Pix |
Nose Picking is Gross Social Communication Tale by Valerie Fluhr. Posted 10/11/06. |
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Find Out Aids to help adolescents engage their peers in conversation. By Rosemarie Donatelli. Posted 11/7/06. |
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Finding Out2 |
Social Skills: Providing Negative Feedback Positively |
Negative Feedback |
Visual/Verbal Prompts to Expand Utterances |
Expanding Utterances |
Time's Up! Visual aids for staying on task and transitioning when the task is done. |
Times Up Directions |
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Times up |
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Stop Work1 |
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Stop Work2 |
Visual Prompts for Conversation These sentence strips can be used by an individual in a communication book or as a visual prompt for learning these social skills: how to ask questions and how to have a conversation. By Kim Scharoff. |
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Interrupting Visual Cues to help improve conversational behaviors. |
Interrupting Cues |
Social Communication Tale for Going to a New School |
Going to a New School |
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New School 1 |
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New School 2 |
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New School 3 |
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New School 4 |
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New School 5 |
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New School 6 |
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New School 7 |
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New School 8 |
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New School 9 |
| "I Don't Know" Strategies Posted 9/19/05. |
I Don't Know Strategies |
Asking for Help Strategies Posted 9/19/05. |
Asking for Help |
Friendship Poster A classroom activity. Posted 9/27/05. |
Friends Behavior Labels |
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Good-Bad Friend Cards |
Behaving Respectfully Social Communication Tale |
Respect 1 |
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Respect 2 |
| Conversation Book for use with individuals, group, or class. Students illustrate each page to reinforce good conversational skills. Written examples can also be added. |
Conversation Book |
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Conversation Steps Poster |
Raising Your Hand Social Communication Tale |
Raising Hands |
Social Communication Tales to reinforce positive behaviors |
Quiet Mouth |
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Homework |
Conversation Topic Cards to stimulate conversation and provide speech/language practice in a small and large group |
Group Conversation |
Describing People Graphics help students with language impairments and autism provide descriptions of people. |
Describing People |
What's your Favorite? Why? Pair students and give each a copy of the interview form. Students take turns interviewing each other, circling their partner's answer if on the form, or drawing/writing in the "other" box if not. Bring groups together to report on their partner's favorites and explain why these things are preferred. This is a good "get to know you" activity for the beginning of the school year. |
Favorite Interview |
Hands to Myself Social Communication Tale by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 9/26/07. |
Hands to Myself1 |
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Hands to Myself3 |
Tantrums Don't Help Social Communication Tale by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 9/26/07. |
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Tantrums3 |
Emotions Social Communication Tales created by Michelle Smith. Posted 9/26/07. |
Feeling Happy |
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Feeling Sad |
Synonyms for Emotions Created by Jen Seymour, submitted by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 9/26/07. |
Feelings Synonyms Directions |
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Angry Blank |
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Angry Filled |
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Happy Blank |
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Happy Filled |
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Sad Blank |
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Sad Filled |
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Silly Blank |
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Silly Filled |
Steps to Calming Down A poster for self-regulation. Created by Chrstine Silvestri-Crawford. Posted 11/20/07. |
Calm Down |
Voice Control Graphic for appropriate volume in the classroom. Print on card stock and write numbers 0-12 to show incremental increases. Created by Christine Silvestri-Crawford. Posted 11/20/07. |
Voice Control |
Hula Hoop Space Social Communication Tale for maintaining social distance. Created by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 12/29/07. |
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Emotions Interactive Materials for matching events to emotions and eliciting experiences of students related to emotions. Created by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 12/29/07. |
I Feel When Directions |
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I Feel Excited A |
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I Feel Excited B |
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I Feel Frustrated A |
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I Feel Frustrated B |
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I Feel Happy A |
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I Feel Happy B |
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I Feel Mad A |
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I Feel Mad B |
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I Feel Sad A |
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I Feel Sad B |
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I Feel Scared A |
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I Feel Scared B |
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I Feel Silly A |
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I Feel Silly B |
| Social Communication Tales by Shanda Mushrush. Posted 3/19/08. |
Going to Wendy's Going Bowling Illness Illness Directions Illness Symbols1 Illness Symbols2 |
| "Nosepaper" for nosepickers. Created by Vicki Pappas. Posted 3/19/08. |
Nose Flash |
| Following School Rules Social communication tale from Kristine Hampton. Posted 4/3/08. |
I Need To Follow Rules |
| Gym Class Social communication tale from Kristine Hampton. Posted 4/3/08. |
Gym Class |
| Picking My Fingers Social communication tale from Kristin Hampton. Posted 4/3/08. |
Picking My Fingers SpongeBobSaysPowerCard |
| Going on a Field Trip Social communication tales. From Shirby Thomas. Posted 4/3/08. |
Field Trip Story Directions Going on a Field Trip Going to the Circus |
Friendship: Questions to help a student decide "is this person my friend" based on positive and negative behaviors. Also instructions on "what can I do for a friend?" and "what can my friends do for me?" Created by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 4/13/08. |
IsThisPersonMyFriend-Positive IsThisPersonMyFriend-Negative Things I Can Do for My Friend Things My Friends Can Do for Me |
| Play Date Social Communication Tale From Gretchen Curtis. Posted 4/13/08. |
Playdate 1 Playdate 2 Playdate 3 Playdate 4 Playdate 5 |
| Safety Social Communication Tales by June Cabal. Posted 6/5/08. |
Say No to a Stranger 1 Say No to a Stranger 2 Keep it Safe at Home |
| Table Manners Guide by Kristina Zeits, BCU #22. Posted 6/5/08. |
Table Manners |
| April Fool's Social Skills created by Kristina Zeits, BCIU #22. Posted 6/5/08. |
April Fool's Social Skills |
| What is Bad Touch? Created by June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08. |
What is Bad Touch? |
| Keep Safe with a Buddy . Created by June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08. |
Keep Safe with a Buddy |
| Taking a Public Bus. Created by June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08. |
Taking a Public Bus |
| If/Then Grounded behavior and consequences. By June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08. |
If/Then Grounded |
| Lunch Bunch Checklist. Created by Amy Staletti, BCIU #22. Posted 9/28/08. |
Lunch Bunch |
| When Noise Hurts Social Communication Tale Created by Pam Caspar-Hunter. Posted 9/28/08. |
When Noise Hurts Title When Noise Hurts1 When Noise Hurts2 When Noise Hurts3 When Noise Hurts4 When Noise Hurts5 When Noise Hurts6 When Noise Hurts7 When Noise Hurts8 When Noise Hurts9 When Noise Hurts10 |
| In the Group Song by Amy Staletti, BCIU #22. Posted 9/28/08. |
In the Group 1 In the Group 2 In the Group 3 |
| No Touching Social Communication Tale and worksheet. Created by Carrie Drake Akee. Posted 10/15/08. |
Touch One Page Touch Worksheet Touch1 Touch2 Touch3 Touch4 Touch5 Touch6 Touch7 Touch8 Touch9 Touch10 |
| Social Communication Tales about Doors and Initiating Interactions by Patricia Calley. Posted 10/15/08. |
Doors Initiate 1 Initiate 2 Initiate 3 |
Simon Says Game Created by June Cabel. Posted 11/3/08. |
Simon Says Game |
| Supports for Initiating a Topic and Greetings. These visual representations for initiating greetings & topics can be laminated and placed on students' desks. The students can check the boxes for each day that they initiate a greeting with a friend and/or teacher or initiate a topic of conversation. Created by Caren McCoy. Posted 11/21/08. |
Initiating a Topic Initiating Greetings |
| First in Line Social Communication Tale by Christina Prohaska. Posted 11/21/08. |
First in Line1 First in Line2 First in Line3 First in Line4 |
| Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Social Communication Tale by Sarah Patton. Posted 1/25/09. |
Keeping Hands to Yourself |
| What I Can Lick Social Communication Tale by Sarah Patton. Posted 1/25/09. |
What I Can Lick |
| Isaac's Social Communication Tale |
Isaac's Social Story |
| Greeting Social Communication Tale for students who have difficulty greeting peers. Use copies of the Boardmaker pictures to sequence the steps: Walking in and saying or waving hi and then walking in tapping a friend and saying hi. Contributed by Katie Patton. Posted 3/15/09. | Greeting Social Story |
| Conversation Materials Created by Megan Hajnacki. Posted 3/29/09. |
Conversation Checklist Ways to Kick Off a Conversation |
This Helps Me Fix My Problem Social communication tale by Gretchen Mills. Posted 5/3/09. |
Helps Me Fix |
| Tantrums Don't Help Social Communication tale by Gretchen Mills. Posted 5/3/09. |
Tantrums |
| Yes to Teachers Social communication tale by Gretchen Mills. Posted 5/3/09. |
Yes to Teachers |
| Real Friends Never Ask Us to Do Bad Things Social communication tale by Judith Branch. This story is aimed for that age group or even kids up to 12 or 13 depending on level of maturity, to address what "real friends" are and what kids can do to avoid being victimized by kids who just want them to do nutty or dangerous things. Posted 5/3/09. |
Real Friends Never Ask |
| My Weekend Graphic Organizer to aid in social conversation. Created by Dominique Simone. Posted 6/8/09. |
My Weekend Graphic Organizer |
| Social Communication Tale Books with comprehension questions. Created by Jennifer Kupchik. Posted 9/13/09. |
Sometimes I Feel Angry Playing Games Saying Hello and Goodbye |
| On the Rug in Kindergarten Social communication tale created by Gretchen Mills. Posted 9/13/09. |
On the Rug |
| Social Communication Tales Created by Kara Rakowski. Posted 11/1/09. |
Joining in book - steps Listening book Listening steps Nice Talk Directions Rules2 Rules for talking with a friend Sharing Book Voice Tone Waiting Steps Waiting Story Walking in line story Asking for help Circle time Following Directions steps Following Directions Getting a person’s attention Getting dressed story Giving Directions Interrupting book Interrupting steps Frustrated Sequence2 Wash hands Winter Dress sequence Winter Dressing sequence2 Bathroom |
| Ask/Give Info Card Game for conversation skills. Created by Valerie Hannah. Posted 11/5/09. |
Ask/Give Info Game |
| Social Communication Tale -- Help Me This social story was written to encourage students to ask for help within the classroom setting. Created by Margaret Connors. Posted 11/5/09. |
Social Story Help Me |
| Social Communication Tales for Secondary Students Created by Sarah Velmont. Posted 2/15/10. |
Being a Greeter Manners at Lunchtime |
| Social Scenarios Created by Amy C. Werrett. Posted 2/27/10. |
Social Scenarios Directions for Social Scenarios |
| No Biting Social Communication Tale by Gretchen Mills. Posted 5/6/10. |
No Biting |
| Brave Loud Voice Communication Tale by Jill Isaac. Posted 5/6/10. |
Brave Loud Voice |
| Shopping Social Communication Tale with Spongebob Created by Stephanie Lucy. Posted 6/23/10. |
Spongebob Shopping Social Story |
Riding the School Bus Social Communication Tale This file is a PowerPoint. By Jan Youell. Posted 6/23/10. |
Riding the Bus |
| Classroom and Recess Social Communication Tales by Felice Clark. Posted 11/14/10. |
Sometimes I Get Frustrated in Class When I am on the Playground at Recess |
| Games at School Social Communication Tale for middle school students. Contributed by Dahlia Ellison. Posted 11/14/10. |
Games at School |
| Social Communication Skills for young students. Created by Sara Parks. Posted 12/10/10. |
Recess Story I'm Sorry Story |
| Using the Urinal Picture Sequence Can also be used as a Social Communication Tale. Created by Shanda Mushrush. Posted 1/17/11. |
Using the Urinal |
| Conversation Data Sheet Visual to be used for asking questions and making comments. Created by Megan Hojnacki. Posted 2/19/11. |
Conversation Data Sheet |
| On Topic Conversation Visual Created by Brianne Ruhnke, BCIU #22. Posted 2/19/11. |
On Topic Conversation On Topic Sample |
| Table Manners Social Communication Tale by Abby Chibnik. Posted 4/2/11. |
Table Manners |
| STOP Materials based on the work by Sarah Ward. Created by Michelle Ostrow, BCIU#22. Posted 4/16/11. |
STOP and Get the Facts STOP Rubric |
| Social Smarts Book Print, laminate, bind. By Kathryn Yourkin. Posted 4/16/11. |
Social Smarts Book |
| Turn Taking Visual to show what interrupting -- when words "crash" -- looks like. By Kathryn Yourkin. Posted 4/16/11. |
Turn Taking Visual |
| Negative Outburst Visual for children who have a hard time differentiating between what they should and shouldn't say. By Kathryn Yourkin. Posted 4/16/11. |
Negative Outburst Visual |
| PowerPoints for Social and Functional Skills by Rachel Bohnhoff. Posted 4/16/11. |
Communication Messages Emotions Taking Notes Friends |
| Good/Bad Summer Behavior Sorting activity can also be used to elicit expressive language. Posted 9/1/11. |
Good/badSummer Behavior1 Good/BadSummerBehavior2 |
| Like/Love Social Communication Tales Created by Judy Walter. Posted 10/16/11. |
I Like You I Love You |
| Whole Body Listening Checklist for self-monitoring attention. Created by Lauren McCulley, BCIU #22. Posted 10/16/11. |
Whole Body Listening Checklist |
| Emotions Without Labels Created by Brandie Torres. Posted 10/16/11. |
Emotions |
| Going to Potty in School Communication Tale PowerPoint by Kristina Parr. Posted 12/15/11. |
Going to Potty in School |
| Pragmatics Self-Evaluation Checklist for Participating in Group Activities by Amy Jones. Posted 12/15/11. |
Student Self-Eval Checklist Student Self-Eval Directions |
| Asking for Clarification Aid by Bree Geibel. Posted 12/15/11. |
Asking for Clarification Asking for Clarification Visual |
Losing Social Communication Tale by Whitney Bromley. Posted 2/7/12 |
Losing Social Comm Tale |
| Voice Volume Chart by Susan Carrillo. Posted 3/3/12 |
Voice Volume Chart |
| Mr. Worry Social Communication Tale by Shelby Mutchie. Posted 3/3/12. |
Mr. Worry Story |
| Problem Solving Scenarios Created by Angie Fleming. Posted 6/10/12 |
Problem Solving Cards Problem Solving Directions |
| Cause/Predict Scenarios Created by Angie Fleming. Posted 6/10/12 |
Cause/Predict Cause/Predict2 |
| Personal Narrative Ring Created by Amy Federer. Posted 6/10/12 |
Personal Narrative Ring |
| Pragmatics - Following Directions Created by Pat Mervine. Posted 10/17/12. |
Pragmatics Directions Pragmatics Letter |
| Taking Turns Social Communication Tale Posted 2/15/13. |
Taking Turns Story |
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