“All About Me” signs to help with reciprocal peer conversation in children with ASD

Below, there is a free download to create these "All About Me" signs. They are used to help children with ASD to consider peer thoughts and interests during conversation.  Both individuals in role play practice wear signs displaying their interests.

Below, there is a free download to create these "All About Me" signs. They are used to help children with ASD to consider peer thoughts and interests during conversation. Both individuals in role play practice wear signs displaying their interests.

Children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders usually have great difficulty with learning, remembering [...]

Reaching more children more effectively in social skills teaching

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We mental health professionals, guidance counselors and SLP’s tend to do a lot of our work in private.  This privacy is often necessary.  But not always.  Sometimes, we allow the solitary conventions of our work to place limits on the number of children we serve and the number of adults we collaborate with on [...]

Turn-taking in children with ASD: Visual-based social skills strategies

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Turn taking and theory of mind deficits
The diverse social skills associated with taking turns can be very difficult for children with ASD to master.  This has to do with theory of mind deficits.  A child with ASD may be unable to predict how another person might feel to be interrupted in a video game [...]

Talk-to-sister worksheets for boys with Asperger's

Boys with ASD can find it very difficult to understand many typical "girl interests."  Here are some worksheets to help them.

Boys with ASD can find it very difficult to understand many typical "girl interests." Here are some worksheets to help them.

Boys on the autism spectrum and their typical sisters

Boys with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders often find the world of typical girl interests completely bewildering.  In my own work with boys on the [...]

Talk-to-dad conversation starter worksheets for kids with Asperger's and other autism disorders

conversation reciprocity worksheet for kids with Asperger's

Children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders can find it quite hard to have balanced conversations with family members.  I have created two simple, illustrated worksheets to help.
(To see a worksheet on starting conversations with mothers, click here.)
How to use the worksheets:
Introduce the activity using words something like this: “Everybody has their own separate [...]

Correcting others and tattling too much: Social skills activities to teach kids with autism who have these problems

social skills card game for Asperger's

Here you can download an entire illustrated kit to help children with Asperger's who are struggling to understand when to tattle and correct people.

Tattling and correcting and children with Asperger’s

If you work with children on the autism spectrum, then you are aware of their  motivation to order their social world by applying and imposing [...]

“Talk to Mom” illustrated social skills worksheets for kids with Asperger’s and other ASD’s

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Children with Asperger's and other autism spectrum disorders have a hard time learning, recalling and using facts about others in conversation. Here are two illustrated worksheets to help.

Children with autism love their moms, but they might have trouble having a decent conversation with them.
Even the most intelligent children with autism spectrum disorders can find it extremely [...]

Conversation Train: Free downloads to help kids with ASD to learn conversation basics

social skill teaching method conversation

In this post, I provide you with a series of illustrated panels to teach conversation skills to kids with ASD based on the metaphor of a train.

Children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders often love trains.  I spent about a year photographing and photoshopping trains in order to create The Conversation Train, a [...]

Teasing and bullying social skills kit for kids with ASD - Free download cards and illustrated panels

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Here is a free download kit to help children with Asperger's and other autism spectrum disorders with social skills associated with teasing and bullying. You get six illlustrated panels and 36 question/challenge cards.

Children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders often suffer quite a lot from being teased and bullied.  I have designed some [...]

“Control-o-meter” social skills tool for kids with autism, helps with voice volume, other behavior

volume regulation method for children with autism

In this blog I provide you the downloads to make simple devices to help children on the autism spectrum to increase awareness of voice volume. Additionally, there are downloads to create similar devices to help with levels of "silliness" and physical distance from others.

Children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders often have difficulties [...]