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                    • Teaching Students about Detecting Sarcasm!
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                      • Perspective taking Older Students: beyond thoughts and feelings?
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Icebreakers: Middle & High School Students

Icebreakers: Middle & High School Students

August 8, 2018

Why icebreakers for middle and high school students? Back to school is already a reality for many teachers.   We  need  icebreakers to help us form relationships with our students and get off to a good start with them.  Icebreakers also help our students get to know each other!  Icebreakers for high school students?  An effective icebreaker game for this age… Read More

Filed Under: Middle and High School, Social Communication Leave a Comment

Vocabulary of Social Skills Instruction

Vocabulary of Social Skills Instruction

June 25, 2018

updated 1/23  Do you teach the vocabulary of social skills in your speech therapy or social communication lessons?  There has been focus on emotional literacy and social skills groups (check out this post on Social Skills Activities with Vocabulary Components!)   SLPs and teachers are teaching the language of emotions.  Just as we teach the vocabulary behind academics and emotions, we… Read More

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Social Communication Therapy in Pretend Play Centers!

Social Communication Therapy in Pretend Play Centers!

June 12, 2018

updated 1/2023    I stumbled upon working with my students with social communication delays in pretend play centers with a former 4K student.   I had been pulling this student for small-group social skills instruction and practice.  I was feeling stuck.  He performed wonderfully in this structured, small group setting but his teacher reported social skills challenges during center times. … Read More

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Teaching Students about Detecting Sarcasm!

Teaching Students about Detecting Sarcasm!

April 18, 2018

A critical skill: detecting sarcasm in tone of voice.  Can your students do it? updated 1/2023  Are the following statements examples of sarcasm or sincerity?  Yeah,….right.  Wow.  Well, duh!  The correct answer?  You don’t know.  Why?  Sarcasm is typically identified by tone or voice and facial expressions, neither of which you have access to when reading a blog post!  Detecting… Read More

Filed Under: Autism, Middle and High School, Social Communication 2 Comments

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