Using imagination, imaginary creatures and art to engage children with ASD in work on social and emotional skills, Part 2: Free worksheet downloads

Here is a pair of worksheets designed to help children with high functioning autism to increase their awareness of social skills issues.

Here is a pair of worksheets designed to help children with high functioning autism to increase their awareness of social skills issues.

Many children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders are quite fond of fantasy characters.  Social skill teaching interventions which employ fantasy characters can tap into these predilections, increase insight and sustain interest [...]

Helping kids with ASD to give compliments: Picture/word downloads for social skills teaching

Giving compliments is an important skill for children on the autism spectrum. Below, you can download and print out seven of these panels. Kids practice by matching up compliment words with pictures.

Kids match up the compliment words with the pictures to create compliments. You can put up these panels in your classroom, speech [...]

Using photo albums to increase knowledge about peers

photo album

Many young people with ASD seem to learn much more, and remember longer, when information is presented to them with a strong visual component.  It is particularly useful to use appealing visuals when we are helping them to learn facts about other children in a group setting.

Often, when children with ASD learn people’s  names and [...]

Welcome to Autism Teaching Strategies

I’m glad you found this website and blog.

I love learning about social skills training for young people with autism, and sharing ideas with other professionals who do similar work.  In this blog, I will be passing on some of what I have learned.

My “day job” is with The Watson Institute, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.  I run [...]