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Social Language Dictionary Students with pragmatic language disorders or ESOL students can keep this in a binder and write unfamiliar or confusing language when then hear it. Posted 11/15/06.	SocialLanguageDictionary
Proxemics Social skills worksheet for secondary students by Joan Altimore and Ann Peck. Posted 12/4/06.	Proxemics Social Skills
Proxemics Materials Graphics to teach and monitor the use of personal space. Labels can be printed on Avery 5160 labels to "peel and stick" on situations (see Proxemics materials above). Created by Debbie Dungen. Posted 1/21/07.	Personal Space
	Personal Space Labels
Choices and Have-to-Do's Social Story to help students know when they can make choices and when they simply have to comply. Created by Diedre Dobbels. Posted 2/8/07.	Choices and Have To Do
No Potty Words Social Story to teach appropriate use of language in social situations. Posted 1/29/06.	Potty Words Story
Going to McDonald's Social Story with sequence strips. Posted 3/13/06.	McDonalds Directions
	McD cover
	McD 1
	McD 2
	McD 3
	McD 4
	McD 5
	McD 6
	McD 7
	Sequence
	Sequence Strips
Social Skills Rule Book Interactive lessons for individuals or classrooms on a variety of social situations and rules for behavior. Posted 3/19/06.	Rule Book Directions
	Cover
	Angry at Friend
	Angry at Teacher
	Borrowing from Friend
	Eat at Table
	Homework
	In Cafeteria
	Into School
	Leave Classroom
	On Playground
	Play Game
	Taking Test
	Talk to Friend
	Talk to Someone you Like
	Talk to Teacher
	Wait in Line
No Middle Finger Social Story Written by Kim Mourlas to teach appropriate use of hands. Posted 4/18/06.	Middle Finger Story
Social Kiss Social Story created by Kim Mourlas. Posted 4/27/06.	Social Kiss
Conversation Tips Posted 7/25/06.	Tips for Having a Great Conversation
Turn Taking Materials Posted 8/8/06.	Good Turn Taking
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	Not Turn Taking
	Not Turn Taking 2
Turn Taking Materials Posted 8/8/06.	Turn Taking 1
	Turn Taking 2
	Turn Taking 3
	Turn Taking 4
	Turn Taking 5
	Turn Taking 6
Tea Party Sequence Photo for teaching script-based symbolic play. Developed for a preschool child with autism. Posted 8/8/06.	Teaparty Pix
Nose Picking is Gross Social Story by Valerie Fluhr. Posted 10/11/06.	Nosepicking1
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Find Out Aids to help adolescents engage their peers in conversation. By Rosemarie Donatelli. Posted 11/7/06.	Finding Out1
	Finding Out2
Social Skills: Providing Negative Feedback Positively	Negative Feedback
Visual/Verbal Prompts to Expand Utterances	Expanding Utterances
Time's Up! Visual aids for staying on task and transitioning when the task is done.	Times Up Directions
	Times up
	Stop Work1
	Stop Work2
Visual Prompts for Conversation These sentence strips can be used by an individual in a communication book or as a visual prompt for learning these social skills: how to ask questions and how to have a conversation. By Kim Scharoff.	Sentence Strip1
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Interrupting Visual Cues to help improve conversational behaviors.	Interrupting Cues
Social Story for Going to a New School	Going to a New School
	New School 1
	New School 2
	New School 3
	New School 4
	New School 5
	New School 6
	New School 7
	New School 8
	New School 9
"I Don't Know" Strategies Posted 9/19/05.	I Don't Know Strategies
Asking for Help Strategies Posted 9/19/05.	Asking for Help
Friendship Poster A classroom activity. Posted 9/27/05.	Friends Behavior Labels
	Good-Bad Friend Cards
Behaving Respectfully Social Story	Respect 1
	Respect 2
Conversation Book for use with individuals, group, or class. Students illustrate each page to reinforce good conversational skills. Written examples can also be added.	Conversation Book
	Conversation Steps Poster
Raising Your Hand Social Story	Raising Hands
Social Stories to reinforce positive behaviors	Quiet Mouth
	Homework
Conversation Topic Cards to stimulate conversation and provide speech/language practice in a small and large group	Group Conversation
Describing People Graphics help students with language impairments and autism provide descriptions of people.	Describing People
What's your Favorite? Why? Pair students and give each a copy of the interview form. Students take turns interviewing each other, circling their partner's answer if on the form, or drawing/writing in the "other" box if not. Bring groups together to report on their partner's favorites and explain why these things are preferred. This is a good "get to know you" activity for the beginning of the school year.	Favorite Interview
Hands to Myself Social Story by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 9/26/07.	Hands to Myself1
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	Hands to Myself3
Tantrums Don't Help Social Story by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 9/26/07.	Tantrums 1
	Tantrums2
	Tantrums3
Emotions Social Stories created by Michelle Smith. Posted 9/26/07.	Feeling Happy
	Feeling Sad
Synonyms for Emotions Created by Jen Seymour, submitted by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 9/26/07.	Feelings Synonyms Directions
	Angry Blank
	Angry Filled
	Happy Blank
	Happy Filled
	Sad Blank
	Sad Filled
	Silly Blank
	Silly Filled
Steps to Calming Down A poster for self-regulation. Created by Chrstine Silvestri-Crawford. Posted 11/20/07.	Calm Down
Voice Control Graphic for appropriate volume in the classroom. Print on card stock and write numbers 0-12 to show incremental increases. Created by Christine Silvestri-Crawford. Posted 11/20/07.	Voice Control
Hula Hoop Space Social Story for maintaining social distance. Created by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 12/29/07.	Hula Hoop1
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Emotions Interactive Materials for matching events to emotions and eliciting experiences of students related to emotions. Created by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 12/29/07.	I Feel When Directions
	I Feel Excited A
	I Feel Excited B
	I Feel Frustrated A
	I Feel Frustrated B
	I Feel Happy A
	I Feel Happy B
	I Feel Mad A
	I Feel Mad B
	I Feel Sad A
	I Feel Sad B
	I Feel Scared A
	I Feel Scared B
	I Feel Silly A
	I Feel Silly B
Social Stories by Shanda Mushrush. Posted 3/19/08.	Going to Wendy's Going Bowling Illness Illness Directions Illness Symbols1 Illness Symbols2
"Nosepaper" for nosepickers. Created by Vicki Pappas. Posted 3/19/08.	Nose Flash
Following School Rules Social story from Kristine Hampton. Posted 4/3/08.	I Need To Follow Rules
Gym Class Social story from Kristine Hampton. Posted 4/3/08.	Gym Class
Picking My Fingers Social story from Kristin Hampton. Posted 4/3/08.	Picking My Fingers SpongeBobSaysPowerCard
Going on a Field Trip Social stories. From Shirby Thomas. Posted 4/3/08.	Field Trip Story Directions Going on a Field Trip Going to the Circus
Friendship: Questions to help a student decide "is this person my friend" based on positive and negative behaviors. Also instructions on "what can I do for a friend?" and "what can my friends do for me?" Created by Gretchen Curtis. Posted 4/13/08.	IsThisPersonMyFriend-Positive IsThisPersonMyFriend-Negative Things I Can Do for My Friend Things My Friends Can Do for Me
Play Date Social Story From Gretchen Curtis. Posted 4/13/08.	Playdate 1 Playdate 2 Playdate 3 Playdate 4 Playdate 5
Safety Social Stories by June Cabal. Posted 6/5/08.	Say No to a Stranger 1 Say No to a Stranger 2 Keep it Safe at Home
Table Manners Guide by Kristina Zeits, BCU #22. Posted 6/5/08.	Table Manners
April Fool's Social Skills created by Kristina Zeits, BCIU #22. Posted 6/5/08.	April Fool's Social Skills
What is Bad Touch? Created by June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08.	What is Bad Touch?
Keep Safe with a Buddy. Created by June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08.	Keep Safe with a Buddy
Taking a Public Bus. Created by June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08.	Taking a Public Bus
If/Then Grounded behavior and consequences. By June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08.	If/Then Grounded
Lunch Bunch Checklist. Created by Amy Staletti, BCIU #22. Posted 9/28/08.	Lunch Bunch
When Noise Hurts Social Story Created by Pam Caspar-Hunter. Posted 9/28/08.	When Noise Hurts Title When Noise Hurts1 When Noise Hurts2 When Noise Hurts3 When Noise Hurts4 When Noise Hurts5 When Noise Hurts6 When Noise Hurts7 When Noise Hurts8 When Noise Hurts9 When Noise Hurts10
In the Group Song by Amy Staletti, BCIU #22. Posted 9/28/08.	In the Group 1 In the Group 2 In the Group 3

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