Unlocking Social Potential
Social Skills Conversation Skills – Responses that form Connections. updated 1/23 Do you focus on how to have meaningful conversations in your social skills or speech therapy sessions? How can we teach our students to have meaningful conversation skills? You know, conversations that don’t just bounce around on the surface but actually help them form friendships and work towards enhanced… Read More
Do you teach social rules or social norms by community setting? The experience of one student Recently, one of my high school teletherapy students faced a manifestation determination because this student had exposed his/her private parts during an online class. He/she gave no thought to the fact that they were on camera and what camera view the students in the… Read More
Do you use Instagram or other social media to teach inference skills? It is engaging for our middle and high school students! The format of social media gives our students the visual supports and cues they need to make an inference. Social media can be a great way to teach students how to draw conclusions using materials that they are… Read More
updated 9/2024 Do you use youtube for social skills instruction? Do you incorporate social skills videos into your speech therapy sessions? Whether you see students in person or online, youtube is a great option for working on social skills. I had a second grader last week who whispered (loudly) “my speech teacher is letting me watch youtube” to his older… Read More