Unlocking Social Potential
Are you working on conversation skills with your middle or high school students? Looking for ideas for working on conversation skills in your speech therapy sessions? The main conversation skills I cover in this post are: You might find these other blog posts on conversation skills helpful: Starting and joining a conversation Having meaningful conversations Conversation Skills: Dialogue versus Monologue… Read More
What is a polite lie? A “polite lie” is also know as being a “social fake” or telling a “white lie.” We consider telling a polite lie when the unfiltered truth would unintentionally hurt someone or cause an unintended conflict. So, we filter what we want to say to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. When I tell a polite lie, I… Read More
Teaching tone of voice to middle and high school students can be a challenge! Updated 1/23: Why? It’s a type of nonverbal communication that most tweens and teens are not thinking about at this time in their life! Add onto that, a student with a developmental challenge, such as autism and you’ve got your work cut out for you! … Read More
Perspective-taking helps us avoid rash judgements! Many of our speech therapy students on the spectrum, or those with ADHD or mental health challenges, are impulsive in their first impressions of people and situations. The October lesson plan for social skills is devoted to perspective-taking. This post is about perspective-taking activities for middle and high school students-you can find ideas for… Read More