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This lesson is designed to teach learners about finding common interests when speaking to others. Learners will be introduced to tips on choosing friends, what are common interests and why they are important in a friendship, how to identify common interests in others, and will be given an opportunity to practice some of their new skills. I have used this lesson in the past with older students on the Autism Spectrum.

Here's a quick worksheet you can use to have your students practice their introductions. Students will practice identifying the three parts of an introduction and create a list of fun facts about themselves that they would use when introducing themselves to start a conversation.

A 20-question quiz on the social skills needed to keep a conversation going. An answer key is included.

A 16-question quiz on asking community helpers for help. An answer key is included.

This lesson is designed to teach learners about healthy friendships. Learners will be introduced to different types of relationships, characteristics of good friendships, how to handle bad friendships, and will be given an opportunity to practice some of their new skills with a sorting activity. I have used this lesson in the past with older students on the Autism Spectrum.

Your teacher may not be the first point of contact every time you run into an issue with your class or homework. For some students, it may be difficult to know who to ask for help or where to look to get their questions answered. This lesson pack aims to teach learners different ways to problem solve in both contrived and naturally occurring scenarios. I have used this lesson pack in the past with students on the Autism Spectrum.

Writing a properly formatted email is an important social and vocational skill for adolescents and young adults. This checklist is designed to teach learners how to correctly format their emails, while paying attention to important details like timeliness, punctuation and spelling. I have used this checklist in the past with university students on the Autism Spectrum.

Your professor may not be the first point of contact every time you run into an issue with your class or homework. For some university students, it may be difficult to know who to ask for help or where to look to get their questions answered. This handout aims to provide learners with additional help with identifying common situations in which they would need to ask for help and then further identifying the most appropriate ways to ask their professors or teachers for help. I have used this hand

This tracker sheet provides instructors a way to track learners' progress with the skills that are involved with maintaining a conversation. Instructors can edit this datasheet for each of their learners’ individual target skills. I have used this tracker sheet in the past with high school and university students on the Autism Spectrum.

Your professor may not be the first point of contact every time you run into an issue with your class or homework. For some university students, it may be difficult to know who to ask for help or where to look to get their questions answered. This handout aims to teach learners to identify common situations in which they would need to ask for help, why it important to ask for help, and the most appropriate ways to ask their professors or teachers for help. I have used this handout in the past wi

Learning to identify when conversation partners are disinterested in a topic and respond accordingly is an important social skill, but can be particularly challenging for learners with autism. This handout is designed to teach learners how to identify common signs of disinterest and how to resolve the situation when the encounter each one during a conversation. I have used this lesson in the past with older students with Autism Spectrum.

This flowchart contains information to provide to parents of your learners that explain the procedures and the behavior management procedures you will be using to teach the learner to tolerate sitting on the toilet in a user friendly way.

A variety of social validity questionnaires regarding the treatment process in which respondents participated. Questionnaires include: Staff training questionnaireStaff treatment acceptability questionnaireAdvanced-language treatment acceptability questionnaire for participants Easy-language treatment acceptability questionnaire for participantsCaregiver treatment acceptability questionnaire

Here is a fun activity for students to help them discover their common interests! Players should walk around and ask each other questions. Players should then mark off squares when they find other players who fit the descriptions. The first player to get five in a row wins.

Students can use this checklist to keep track group activities or social interactions with peers whether or not they are keeping on topic. Students should mark either “yes” that they completed the target skill, or “no” they did not complete the target skill

Here is a fun activity for students to help them discover their common interests! Players should ask each other questions and share their own preferences. When they find a player who has the same answer as their own, they will be awarded that person’s token. At the end of the game, players can see which person they have the most in common with by counting their tokens.

A social validity questionnaire for parents or caregivers regarding the treatment process in which their child participated.

This practice activity aims the help learners practice identifying what approachable body language looks like and practice using approachable body language.