Using Assistive Technology to Teach Social Skills
For students with disabilities that affect them socially and emotionally, assistive technology provides opportunities for them to improve their communication and relationships. There are thousands of devices and programs that have been designed to support communication, teach life skills, support academic learning, and development of social skills. These supports help students develop the skills they need to be successful, manage their emotions, and build relationships.
For students with disabilities that affect them socially and emotionally, assistive technology provides opportunities for them to improve their communication and relationships. There are thousands of devices and programs that have been designed to support communication, teach life skills, support academic learning, and development of social skills. These supports help students develop the skills they need to be successful, manage their emotions, and build relationships.
Video Modeling
A visual teaching strategy where students watch a video of someone modeling a targeted behavior or skill and then they imitate the behavior/skill watched. Benefits: - Reduced stress and anxiety - Teaching flexibility - Multi-sensory - Can repeat the lesson |
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The website Watch Me Learn offers more information and resources about video modeling
Useful Websites & Apps
- Camp Discovery - Developed by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), Camp Discovery is an assortment of games that create fun learning opportunities for children with autism
- "First Then" Visual Schedule - Helps children use and follow schedules
- Learn with Rufus: Feelings and Emotions - Helps children learn the facial expressions that correspond to feelings and emotions
- Meet Heckerty - Teaches reading and vocabulary, inclusiveness, caring and loyalty
- How Would You Feel If - Game with a deck of cards that have different life situations on them, and ask students to discuss how they would feel in each situation and any possible solutions
- Everyday Speech - Website has several different videos discussing different social skills
- Social Quest - The app utilizes a problem-solving quest theme in which students navigate real life scenarios and earn “rewards” linked to social competencies
- Lets be Social - Model and teach problem solving, forming friendships, recognizing emotions, and predicting outcomes
The videos below are from the Everyday Speech website. The first video helps to teach students how to see multiple perspectives of a situation. The second video highlights the importance of knowing yourself and your body, and knowing when you need to take a break to calm down.
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