Michelle Garcia Winner (she is the person behind “Social Thinking”) and a young man on the autism spectrum teach us about social communication. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYz1SRy15M
Tag: social skills
Do 2 Learn
Do2learn provides thousands of pages of social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills. Doesn’t that sound like what you’ve been looking for?
Friendly Facts A Fun, Interactive Resource to Help Children Explore the Complexities of Friends and Friendship
Friendly Facts A Fun, Interactive Resource to Help Children Explore the Complexities of Friends and Friendship by Margaret-Anne Carter and Josie Santomauro. (XSS Carte 2010) This interactive workbook is aimed at children ages 7-11, a period when friendships are increasingly important and a lack of friendship skills is all the more obvious and challenging. Friendly […]
A Politically Incorrect Look at Evidence-based Practices and Teaching Social Skills: A Literature review and discussion
A Politically Incorrect Look at Evidence-based Practices and Teaching Social Skills: A Literature review and discussion by Michelle Garcia Winner. (XSS Winne 2008) The author argues effectively for an important and more thoughtful alternative to behaviorally-based social skill `training’ approaches, which are so limited in honoring the complexity of individuals with ASD. Pp. 128. If […]
Autistics’ Guide to Dating
Autistics’ Guide to Dating by Emilia Murry Ramey and Jody John Ramey. (XAT Ramey 2008) This book presents strategies for overcoming social skills deficits and sensory issues, to make for relationship success. Their advice includes how to choose venues for meeting people that are free from discomfiting features; coping with typical experiences such as close […]