"Discerning Silly from Serious" Resource

Another great resource on the Autism Teaching Strategies website is their social skills "game" called "Discerning silly from serious." I have a student who does not know when it is appropriate to be serious vs. silly. This gives great tips. It has four levels with pictures and examples, and then you take the scenario cards and put them in the correct level.

It also has "act it out" cards where you show what you would do, "fix the mistake cards" where you tell what the person SHOULD have done, and "your own life" where you tell what you should do in your life.

http://autismteachingstrategies.com/autism-strategies/teaching-children-with-autism-the-social-skill-of-discerning-silly-from-serious/

 

 

A resource that kind of goes along with this is the control-o-meter post on this website. There are a variety of control-o-meters including how formal you should be, how loud your voice should be etc. 

 

Formal Control-O-Meter: 

Loudness Control-O-Meter:

 

 

Link: http://autismteachingstrategies.com/autism-strategies/control-o-meter-social-skills-tool-for-kids-with-autism-helps-with-voice-volume-other-behavior/

All visuals from autismteachingstrategies.com