IF A Student has Trouble with

(Impairment of Social Interaction)

The following strategies are found on the Saskatchewan Learning Web Site:

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/k/pecs/se/docs/autism/asper.html

Adapted from Attwood (1998), Donnelly & Levy (1995), Grandin (1998), Moreno &

O'Neal (1997), Myles & Simpson (1998), Williams, (1995).

 

IF A STUDENT HAS......

YOU CAN TRY.....

Difficulty understanding the rules of Social Interaction

 

€May be naïve

€Interprets literally what is said

€Difficulty reading emotions of others

€Lacks tact

€ Problems with social distance

€Difficulty understanding "unwritten rules" and when they do learn them, may apply them rigidly

 

  • Provide clear expectations and rules for behaviour
  • Explicitly teach rules of social conduct
  • Teach the student how to interact through social stories, modeling and role-playing
  • Educate peers about how to respond to the student's disability in social interaction
  • Use other children as cues to indicate what to do
  • Encourage cooperative games
  • May need to provide supervision and support for the student at breaks and recess
  • Use a buddy system to assist the student during non-structured times
  • Teach the student how to start, maintain and end play
  • Teach flexibility, cooperation and sharing
  • Teach the students how to monitor their own behaviour
  • Structured social skills groups can provide opportunity for direct instruction on specific skills and to practice actual events
  • May need to develop relaxation techniques and have a quiet place to go to relax