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Social Skills Group activities?

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Hi- I am a guidance counsellor at the local high school (Grades 8-12) and would like to start a weekly group for students living with autism to fit in better socially. This is at the request of a couple of parents. I am thinking role plays for various scenarios whereby I do something wrong or inapropriate and they tell me what it is and how to do it better. Any ideas? Lesson plans? etc.

Thanks,

Valerie

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  • Atypical's suggestion of role play sitting back to back on chairs wouldn't work for me - what do other people think of this? I hate role play not because I have to make eye contact with someone else - it's because everyone else in the room is watching me, and because it feels false and un-natural. I also dislike phones, and I think it's because there is no visual element, so I find it hard to take in what people are saying (if I have to speak to someone on the phone at work, I have to write down anything I'll need to remember, because I immediately forget what someone is saying to me!)

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  • Atypical's suggestion of role play sitting back to back on chairs wouldn't work for me - what do other people think of this? I hate role play not because I have to make eye contact with someone else - it's because everyone else in the room is watching me, and because it feels false and un-natural. I also dislike phones, and I think it's because there is no visual element, so I find it hard to take in what people are saying (if I have to speak to someone on the phone at work, I have to write down anything I'll need to remember, because I immediately forget what someone is saying to me!)

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