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Here's a classroom activity for your students to practice identifying common interests. Place a number 1-4 in each corner of the room. Read one of the questions below out loud to the students. The students should choose which of the options they agree with the most. The students should walk to the number associated with their chosen answer. Students should notice who has chosen the same answer as them.

Use these datasheets when implementing Skills Based Treatment teaching procedures. Each row represents one five-trial session. For each trial, the highest response requirement is listed. Each of the five prescribed trials should be implemented per session. For each prescribed response, circle if independent, cross out if prompted or incorrect. Circle if any precursor problem behavior (R2) or severe problem (R1) occurred during the trial.

This lesson is designed to help learners identify healthy physical and emotional boundaries, set healthier emotional boundaries, and how to respond when their boundaries are disrespected in a non-confrontational way. This lesson is most applicable with older students (upper elementary, middle school, high school, adult day support classrooms), due to the complexity of the subject. I have used this lesson in the past with older students on the Autism Spectrum.

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 lesson 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 with in the past with older students on the Autism Spectrum.

Social Skills can be complex for some students. Providing your students with fun and ways to practice social skills can help them learn the material in creative ways. This Bingo game will help your students practice with skill like turn taking, asking and answering open-ended questions, identifying common interests, and maintaining conversations. **Offers a variation for advanced learners

Here is a fun activity for students to help them discover their common interests! Students will fill in their own interests for each category. Then, students will ask each other questions about each other’s interests, making sure to ask a different person for each category. When completed, students should circle any boxes where their answer and a classmate’s answer match. Includes both text-only and picture versions.

Resolving conflict is an important social skill for adolescents and young adults. This lesson serves as additional practice on how to identify disagreements, navigate conflict resolution and problem solve with grace.

Learning to stay on topic during a conversation is an important social skill, but can be particularly challenging for learners with autism. This lesson is designed to teach learners why it is important to stay on topic while talking with peers, how to maintain a conversation with grace, and what conversation topics may be appropriate. This lesson is most applicable with older students (upper elementary, middle school, high school, adult day support classrooms), due to the complexity of the subje

Practice respecting boundaries during conversations with a board game! This game includes 30 question and answer cards. Players will take turns drawing cards and answering the questions on each card. If a player answers the questions correctly, they should move their game piece forward one square. If a player answers the question incorrectly, they should move their game backwards one square. The first player to reach the end wins. I have used this activity in the past with older students on the

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

Resolving conflict is an important social skill for adolescents and young adults. This lesson serves as a review on how to identify disagreements, navigate conflict resolution with grace and agree to disagree.

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

These are visuals to help students learn about what comments/questions are "on topic" vs “off topic” during conversations and group activities. Included are a variety of themes for your learner to choose form and one for you to personalize.

Interpreting humor and jokes and using humor in an appropriate way can be difficult for some learners. These example jokes could be used to teach learners the right and wrong time for humor, how to interpret humor feedback from others, how to understand and respond to humor feedback, and the difference between laughing at someone and laughing with someone.

Resolving conflict is an important social skill for adolescents and young adults. This lesson serves as an introduction into how to identify disagreements, and resolve conflict gracefully.

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.

This practice activity aims to help learners practice turn taking in conversations. To play, give one person a speaker card at a time and the rest listener cards. Only the person with the speaker card can talk. The person with the speaker card should ask questions, tell a story, tell about themselves, etc. until their turn is over. Players should use the cards to practice what to say if someone in the group accidentally interrupts them.

Here is a tracker sheet to use along with your learner’s hygiene routine. You can use each sheet to keep track of whether your learner is correctly performing each step of their hygiene routine. Activities include teeth brushing, applying deodorant, hair brushing, and face washing.

This practice activity aims to help learners practice turn taking in conversations. To play, get into groups of 2-4 players. Assign each person a number. Pick a topic and then draw a number from the pile. The person whose number was drawn gets to talk first. Continue your conversation by drawing more numbers. Only the person whose number is drawn can talk, ask questions, or make comments.