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Title Author
Call Number
Resource Type: Books
Social Skills Lessons: Getting Along (Autism
& PDD)
Reese, Pam Britton. / Challenner, Nena 505 .190 REE
Use these outstanding lessons to collaborate with parents to help your youngsters with autism get along with
others.
Benefits
Helps students get along at home, at school, and in the community
Can be used in collaboration with parents
Helps facilitate inclusion of students with autism into the regular classroom
Features
Targets 40 typical needs young children with autism have in getting along with others
Provides a short, easy-to-understand, one-page rebus story for each lesson
Includes charts and forms to track progress
Can be used individually or with groups
The Getting Along book focuses on social skills needed in many different settings throughout life.
These are the “basic” social skills primary students need to get along with others at home, at school, and in the
community.
Forty needs that a young child with autism typically has in getting along with others are presented in this
affordable book.
Written in short, easy-to-understand rebus stories, the lessons can be used in collaboration with a parent. A
possible plan for use follows:
Educator and parents collaborate in choosing skill(s) important for a child.
Educator initiates teaching skill at school
Copy of lesson sent home
Parents read lesson with child over several days
Educator and parent confer regarding mastery
Parent plus educator equals maximum success in helping the young child with autism get along with others.
Whether used in collaboration or by only the teacher or parent, these lessons guarantee success with such
situations as:
Social Interactions—Saying “Hi,”
Introducing Myself,
Letting Others Talk,
Asking to Use the Bathroom,
Sharing,
Answering the Phone,
Playing a Board Game,
Keeping My Shirt Down
Eating—Asking for More Food,
Using a Napkin,
Taking Only One,
Drinking From My Glass,
Chewing Gum,
Eating Off the Floor,
Eating Slowly
My Body—Using a Tissue,
Fingers in My Nose,
Fingers in My Mouth,
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