I'm excited to join my first Love It & List It linky party!
This month's topic is: Social Skill Activities.
I was lucky enough to have joined the brilliant Michelle Garcia Winner at her clinic to participate in her mentor training program. I recommend many of Michelle's products but I believe that the meat of her program is in the Thinking About You Thinking About Me workbook. This is a must-have for school and clinic based SLPs.
I'm having a blast this year co-teaching with the OT at my school. My Facebook fans helped us to name our group SPOT-ON (get it- Sp=Speech OT=Occupational Tx). She teaches the Zones, while I work with the students on identifying feelings and emotions. Together we teach calming and coping strategies. I believe that these skills are so important for our students.
The Second Step Program has some great visual social story situations and practical techniques for students to learn. I especially like the middle school focused program as it is life relevant and keeps the kids engaged while learning the important life/social skills of empathy, anger management, and impulse control.
Here are some of my perspective taking activities.
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