Green Zone Picture Card Activity – Free Social Skills Game for Children on the Autism Spectrum

Green Zone picture card social skills game

Green Zone Picture Card Social Skills Game – a free download

Children on the autism spectrum often struggle to discern the interests of other people and to take these interests into account in conversation.  This social skills game employs a picture-based strategy works well in a variety of ages and reading levels.  I would then encourage you to go on to fully explore this fun, visual method in my illustrated children’s book, The Green Zone Conversation Book, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

To download the activity, click on the red link below.

I wish you success in your social skills work with children on the autism spectrum.

Joel Shaul, LCSW

Green Zone Picture Card Activity Download

German language translation of this resource

Polish language translation of this resource – Karty obrazkowe

Spanish language translation of this resource – Tarjetas de la Zona Verde para practicar la conversación

Hebrew language translation of this resource

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The download includes this page to help the two players talk with each other once they have found their shared interests.
The download includes this page to help the two players talk with each other once they have found their shared interests.

Here are two pages from my 96-page Green Zone Conversation Book. It has hundreds of photos as well as dozens of simple worksheets.

Above are two pages from The Green Zone Conversation Book

Slide4In another post, I have directions for making and using this fun variation, the Green Zone Mat.

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

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Green Zone Two Person Worksheet Download

Polish language translation of this resource:

Zielona strefa Arkusz do pracy w parach

Spanish language translation of this resource:

Hoja de conversación de la Zona Verde para dos personas

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The Green Zone Conversation Book.  If you like the worksheets here, check out my book.
The Green Zone Conversation Book. If you like the worksheets here, check out my book.

Joel Shaul, LCSW

In response to requests for the lyrics to the “Green Zone Song” I perform in my workshop presentations, here are the lyrics below.

[To the tune of “We Will Rock You” by Queen]

When you talk, don’t just talk

Listen to what they say back to you

When you do, people like it

And maybe they’ll keep talking to you.

In the, in the Green Zone (two times)

Think about what’s – in their mind

Maybe it’s in – your mind too

When you do, people like it

And maybe they’ll keep talking to you

In the, in the Green Zone [two times]


Other conversation social skills activities to use in combination with the Green Zone Two-Person Worksheets:

Green Zone Picture Cards

Conversation Train Printable Kit

Head Outline Sheets for Other People’s Interests

Printable “Remote” to Change Topic Channels

Paper Fortune Tellers for Conversation Topics, etc.

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 The Conversation Train Book