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**Adolescent Social Skills Lessons:
Secondary School (Autism & PDD)
Ages: 12-18 Grades: 7th-Adult
Benefits
* Helps students deal with new teachers, schedules, and situations of a secondary school
* Gives adolescents confidence to succeed in their secondary school
Features
* Targets typical situations a student with autism needs help with in adjusting to secondary school
* Provides a short, one-page rebus story for each lesson
* Contains lessons for working one-on-one with the student as well as lessons for group work
* Includes charts and forms to track progress
One of the most difficult things for students who are included in general education classrooms is understanding
the many unwritten school rules. Adolescents have the added challenge of moving to a new campus as well as
dealing with new teachers, schedules, and situations. Students with autism need direct instruction to help them
cope with their new surroundings. The lessons in Secondary Schools are designed to teach the skills that often
hamper successful inclusion of children with autism.
Some of the lessons included are:
* Hallway Crowds
* Dress Code
* Letting the Teacher Talk
* Answering the Teacher
* Quiet Voice
* The Bathroom
* The Library
* Lunch
* School Dance
* Fire Drill
* Substitute Teacher
Reese, Pam Britton. / Challenner, Nena
560.610
This book has two types of lessons: instructional and behavioral. The instructional lessons are intended to teach
adolescents what they need to do or say in social situations that are sometimes overwhelming (e.g., Taking a
Test). Use these instructional lessons as part of a social skills curriculum with small groups. The behavioral
lessons target specific social problems that need to be stopped (e.g., Let the Teacher Talk). Use these lessons
with an individual.
Each one-page rebus story keeps students focused on learning and practicing a specific social skill related to job
success. You choose the order in which to present these non-sequential lessons. Then document progress with
The Record of Progress and tracking forms.
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