Empathy autism social skills training, Part 2: Teaching concern using photos (22 downloads for you here)

Below, there are twenty more captioned photos like this. You print them out and use them as part of your visual-based social skills teaching for children on the autism spectrum.

Below, there are twenty more captioned photos like this. You print them out and use them as part of your visual-based social skills teaching for children on the autism spectrum.

This is Part 2 of a several-part series on how to teach “empathy” skills to children on the autism spectrum.  (Click here to review Part [...]

Showing Concern: Empathy social skills lessons, downloads for children on the autism spectrum

This is the first of seven panels you can easily click on and print out. Use them as talking points when you are teaching, or display them on a wall. Children on the autism spectrum often find "showing concern" a very difficult skill to learn.

This is the first of seven panels you can easily click on and print out. Use them as talking points when you are teaching, or display them on a wall. Children on the autism spectrum often find “showing concern” a very difficult skill to learn.

This is the first in the series of posts on [...]

Help The Upset Person: A cognitive-behavioral group game

This is an engaging and entertaining cognitive-behavioral teaching strategy  on the topic of emotional regulation.
Here is how to do it:

On separate pieces of cardstock, print out the pictures of upset people shown here. (Click on them and copy to your desk top)

Here is how to present the activity to your client/student, small group, or class:

“When [...]

Words hurt, words help

Words Hurt worksheet

When I work with children with ASD on social skills, I often ask them: “How long will another person remember what you do or what you say?” A typical answer I get is: “About five minutes.”  These answers are enlightening.   Frequently, young people with ASD have the impression that other people just don’t remember too [...]