Game-like elements for teaching social skills to children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders, Part 1

Use games and fun to increase engagement and learning in autism social skills training

Use games and fun to increase engagement and learning in autism social skills training

Teaching social skills to children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders can be much more effective when it is engaging and fun.  By the time children with autism ends up in our classrooms  or psychotherapy offices, they are often feeling [...]

Nonverbal communication prompts for kids with ASD - Visual prompts for you to download (see previous blog for explanation)

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Nonverbal communication visual prompts for kids with ASD (see next blog for the downloads)

Nonverbal prompts to help children with autism to learn about nonverbal communication

These are nonverbal prompts, which are really easy to make and so useful in social skills activities for kids with Asperger’s and other autistic spectrum disorders. Shown here are my old, beat-up ones I have used dozens of times.

This blog entry explains the nonverbal communication prompts which can be downloaded from next blog entry

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The Green Zone: Common Ground Conversation Training method for kids on the autism spectrum

Children with Asperger's and other autism spectrum disorders have a great deal of difficulty finding "common ground" in conversation. The images, worksheets and methods provided in this blog provide an introduction to an engaging, visual-based set of methods called The Green Zone.

Children with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum disorders have a great deal of difficulty finding “common ground” in conversation. The images, worksheets and methods provided in this blog provide an introduction to an engaging, visual-based set of methods called The Green Zone.     Please see all the downloadable visuals and worksheets at the bottom of [...]

Missing Objects Game--Social skills therapy for kids with ASD

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All you need to play this great social skills game are the six visual prompt cards shown here, and a bunch of random small objects. Kids on the autism spectrum love this social skills game activity. Click on this image, wait till it opens in other window, print, cut out, laminate

This is an easy, [...]