“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 [...]

Pie chart visuals: Great social skills tool to help kids with ASD to talk MORE or LESS in groups or class

Pie chart social skills teaching strategy for children on the autism spectrum

Verbal children with autism can find it really hard to talk the appropriate proportion in group conversation. The downloads and worksheets below are designed to help.

Neurotypical people find this skills difficult also!  Remember that person who would’nt stop talking at the last party you went to? Young people with Asperger’s and other autism spectrum [...]

The Conversation Box: Conversation training tool for children with high functioning autism and Asperger's

cards for conversation training for Asperger's and high functioning autism

Below are downloads and instructions for creating these conversation cards. They provide a good activity to help kids on the autism spectrum to practice different functions of conversation. Please scroll down to have a look at the various components.

Children on the autism spectrum usually don’t easily grasp the many functions of conversation. Here is a [...]

Helping kids with Asperger's to give compliments: Worksheets for social skills teaching

worksheets for autism social skills teaching

Children with autism tend to be really honest. This poses problems when it comes to giving compliments. I have some strategies and some simple worksheets here to help troubleshoot some obstacles to successful practice of this skill.

This is the third in a series of posts regarding teaching the social skill of giving compliments to [...]

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 [...]