Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Tattling/Correcting Resource

I recently found this amazing resource for social skills. It is geared toward kids with autism but I use it for kids with simply weak social skills. I will give a short overview of one of the many resources on this website.
Here is the main website: http://autismteachingstrategies.com/free-social-skills-downloads-2/
The student I have been using this with tends to tattle and correct/boss students a lot. This resource has worked EXTREMELY well with her.
http://autismteachingstrategies.com/autism-strategies/correcting-others-and-tattling-too-much-social-skills-activities-to-teach-kids-with-autism-who-have-these-problems/
It has three panels. The first panel is the "Choices Panel." You go through and decide what you think you should do.
* Say Nothing
* Ask the person to stop
* Wait for an adult to tell them to stop
* Try to tell the person they are wrong (go to correct page)
* Go right to an adult to tell (go to tattle page)

Once the student has chosen which one, discuss if it's the right idea or not. The last two, you refer to the "correct" and "tattle" pages.
On the correct page we go over the choices and I write on the page the words in parentheses. If the answer to the question is in parentheses then you don't need to correct.

Example: A boy tripped on the stairs but kept going. Correct page: Does it matter? No, it does not. Are you in charge. No you are not. Will it bother the other person? Yes, it would. Therefore you do not need to correct.

Correct page:
*Does it matter? (no)
*Are you in charge? (no)
*Will it bother the other person? (yes
)

 Same with the tattle page. If the answers are all "no", then there is no need to tattle.

Example: A boy picked up a pencil off the floor and put it in his locker. Is it hurting you? No, it's not. Are you in charge? No, you are not. Did someone ask you the rules? No, no one did. Therefore, you do not need to tattle.

Tattle page:
* Is it hurting you? (no)
* Are you in charge? (no)
* Did someone ask you the rules? (no)
Tattling blog display
The cards are really awesome. They give real life scenarios. I have the student write his/her answer on the card, so it further cements the concept. There were a couple that were not appropriate for my student because she is younger, but most applied!

social skills card game for Asperger's
All visuals from autismteachingstrategies.com

1 comment:

  1. I've had a lot of this going on.. I'm so using this!

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