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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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  • Of course, I 'officially' have better social skills than most on here (I say officially after going through diagnosis and not getting diagnosed because of it). So I'm not sure what would or would not help most autistic people in that respect.  I thought maybe minimising 'input' would help. But it seems both of you find the idea of being without visual input disturbing.

    Maybe this relates to strategy in minimsing 'input'. Personally when I'm sitting on a very crowded bus I'll often close my eyes to cut myself off a bit.  I know a lot of autistic people use headphones/music. So I'm cutting out visual information, others cut out sound information.

    Pixie: role play doesn't have to be watched. Eg people can all split into pairs/groups and do it at the same time, even in different rooms, then report back. Something you maybe need to ask for if you ever have to do it? Don't know about it feeling false though: maybe that's just something you hopefully lose if you get used to doing it?  Guess there's no guarentee that everyone would get used to it!

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  • Of course, I 'officially' have better social skills than most on here (I say officially after going through diagnosis and not getting diagnosed because of it). So I'm not sure what would or would not help most autistic people in that respect.  I thought maybe minimising 'input' would help. But it seems both of you find the idea of being without visual input disturbing.

    Maybe this relates to strategy in minimsing 'input'. Personally when I'm sitting on a very crowded bus I'll often close my eyes to cut myself off a bit.  I know a lot of autistic people use headphones/music. So I'm cutting out visual information, others cut out sound information.

    Pixie: role play doesn't have to be watched. Eg people can all split into pairs/groups and do it at the same time, even in different rooms, then report back. Something you maybe need to ask for if you ever have to do it? Don't know about it feeling false though: maybe that's just something you hopefully lose if you get used to doing it?  Guess there's no guarentee that everyone would get used to it!

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