Be Brave Be Kind
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” My “word of the year” was supposed to be “calm”. I had every intention of learning calming techniques, looking into yoga, doing some meditating,…
social skills
Think Sheet: How did my actions affect others?
After hitting the ball out in 4-square, Joe completely lost his temper. He screamed, cried, yelled, and pushed one of his classmates. When the teacher asked why he reacted this way, Joe whined, “It’s not…
Social Skills in Natural Settings
Do you know that your students need social skills training, but just aren’t sure where to start? I know that I really struggled with this issue! Multiple years ago, my special education teacher and I…
Consider a new speech deliverability model and energize your therapy!
Around this time of year, thoughts of “What am I going to do this year?” start popping in my head. I wonder if I’m going to run my speech room and therapy exactly the same as…
Stepping beyond our four walls– co-teaching social skills
I’m a featured guest blogger at my friend Nicole’s blog, Speech Peeps! Six years ago I was faced with a new situation. We had an influx of first grade students on IEPs with social…
5 Tips for Helping Children Continue a Conversation
I have over a dozen students with social communication goals. Almost every single one of those students has a goal to keep an on-topic conversation going for 3+ turns. Why? Because it is really hard,…
Assessing Social Language Skills
Assessing social language skills is hard. Beyond hard. You know that a child’s inter-personal skills are off, but how do you put a finger on it? I have one student who is very bright. He will…
Magical Social Skills
Update: This product has been completely updated! If you own the previous version, make sure to download the new version for FREE! Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you know me at all,…
5 Tips for Running a Social Skills Group (Ages 7-11)
Last year, my special education teacher and myself ended up running 3 different social skills groups. They were separated by grade level for scheduling reasons, and each had five students. That’s fifteen social skills students…
Get Back to Green Box (Getting Ready to Learn)
This year in social skills group, my Special Education teacher and myself have been teaching the Zones of Regulation. As part of this instruction, we wanted the students to have tangible items that help them…
How to use puppets in speech therapy
A few years ago, my special education teacher and myself started co-teaching a social skills group. We went through ups and downs. There were occasional screams and more frequent tears (and not just from the…