Social Skills:

• Affective:

  • Understanding emotions

  • Understanding body language

  • Understanding facial expressions

• Behavioral:

  • Initiating (in social situations)

  • Maintaining (friendships and conversations)

  • Responding (to another person's initiation)

• Cognitive:

  • Thinking through social situations

  • Perspective taking

  • Theory of mind

  • Problem solving.

Self Regulation:

• Learning and using relaxation techniques and other strategies for staying calm

• Asking for a break

• Stating feelings and using words (or other forms of communication) appropriately

Communication:

• Understanding and using nonverbal communication

• Using verbalizations to express themselves

• Mastering another form of communication if child is nonverbal (ie PECS)

• Pragmatic Language, i.e. Beginning and Ending Conversations, Topic Maintenance

Organizational and Work Skills:

• Attention to Task

• Finishing Tasks

• Working Independently

• Managing Materials

• Switching Tasks

• Problem Solving

• Error Correcting (correcting own mistakes)

• Asking for Help

• Planning a Long-term Project

Motor and Sensory Skills:

• Using adaptive equipment effectively

• Using adapted tools effectively

• Using sensory strategies

• Learning keyboarding skills

Restricted Interests

• Increase flexibility

• Tolerate changes in schedules and activities

• Increase length of time for non-preferred subjects/activities

• Accepting mistakes of self and others

Important Disclaimer

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*Again, these are suggestions collected from varied sources. Please take the time to educate yourself about the laws and what is appropriate for your child.