Creating Social Stories

This video contains the in-service put on by Maria West on how to create and use Social Stories. Also included are how to make and use power cards and how to use Behavior Journaling with students with Autism. Enjoy!

April is Autism Awareness Month

You will see several emails this month regarding tips, events and facts for Autism Awareness Month. This posting contains a link to a fairly new blog from the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community about Autism Resources. Check it out!

Also linked here is the Fact Sheet from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism.

Spread the word!

http://iidcautismresources.blogspot.com/

http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/IRCAarticles/AutismAwareness.html

Review of Table Manners; Food on the Floor Goes in the Garbage

So here is my first official posting here! This is a lesson Maria did earlier in March. I like it because it includes a review of the previous table manners lessons they have done and then goes on to a new lesson: Food on the Floor goes in the Garbage. At the end, the kids are individualizing the visual and putting it in their "My Manners" book. I will say it is perhaps not the best editing job ever. I am still figuring this out :-) Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

Lisa Peterson

Using Nice Words

I have found 2 of the missing lessons saved on Maria's computer! This is the first lesson I recorded and put together...it is more detailed and a little bit longer than the others that will be coming.

I believe Maria ended up spreading this lesson over a couple of weeks. (Remember she does this daily for 30 minutes during remediation time for the same group of kids....it's not a one/time a week lesson...this is just one of the lessons she does for a topic.) Also remember, you don't have to use the exact same materials. There are lots of great, free resources on the web or ask around to your colleagues!

I'm hoping by seeing her use the visuals she sends to you, you'll be able to see how she uses them and find the even more useful than you already do!

Have a great rest of the week. (I'm still in awe with all of this snow!!)

Thanks!
Sarah

Welcome!

So in an effort for BCSC to go paperless and teachers are creating their own sites, I think this may be the best way for me to share social skills lessons that I have been recording of Maria's Remediation Time. The one problem is the 3 lessons I did before break, I CANNOT find on my computer anywhere. I am so bummed, so we'll start the first lesson with the second semester.
Maria has been teaching Winning and Losing. Timmy Terrific has great game playing skills...he takes turns, he waits patiently, he is happy when he wins and happy when he loses, etc. Tory Terrible is his twin brother who has AWFUL game playing skills. He is impatient, always wants it to be his turn, interrupts, and is gloating happy when he wins and a very SORE loser. (Maria made this story up...it is not a published book, so be creative!)

Maria starts each lesson with her welcome song. I had it recorded for you, but it was lost...I'll get it posted soon! Then she will have the kids work on "feeling/emotion" identification (called "How are You Feeling?" from a published book. You can use any emotion cards, images from the net, or published materials...it does NOT have to be Maria's book.

Maria then reads/introduces a story (i.e., Timmy Terrific/Tory Terrible) that goes along with the skills she is teaching for the week.

After the story, she introduces the visuals (I believe she has been sending these to you as she creates them, so I will not post them here) and the skill.

Finally, there is some kind of role-play or practice of the skill. In today's lesson, the kids break into small groups and play cards games practicing the skills. At the end of the session everyone returns to the group. The kids then were reinforced for good practice of the skills. For this week's lessons the kids each got a star sticker for their 3 skills they practiced. When the entire group earned 100 stickers, they got to view HORTON HEARS A WHO.