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Autism Activity Ideas
Welcome to Communication Acceleration. Are you looking for autism activity ideas? Great! We have many for you and we even have a packet full of autism activity ideas! Learn more about these autism activity ideas! We have worksheets and activities that address perspective taking, kinesics, empathy, tact, conversation skills, and social dynamics.
Time Sensitivity
An engaging activity that increases students’ awareness of their listeners’ needs and improves their ability to limit their content to fit those needs
Entering Conversations
An outline of the steps necessary to enter a conversation already in progress, including body proximity, verbal strategies, and determination of acceptance
Elaboration
Rates a variety of answers to the same question in terms of elaboration, teaching students how to extend conversations
Tact Worksheets
Students discuss provided tactless statements, learning to identify properties of offensiveness, bragging, inappropriateness, over-generalization, and prejudice
Speaking to Different Listeners Worksheets
Students learn to tailor information to specific listeners, in terms of both their listeners’ needs and what impressions they hope to give to their listeners
Perspective Taking Worksheets
Students are assigned the task of observing social interactions and speculating on the emotional effect of those interactions on the participants
Developing Empathy Activities
This comprehensive social skills product includes extensive discussion, an activity, homework, and therapeutic notes, all targeting the ability to regard others’ feelings
Writing A Complaint Letter
Another favorite! Both a writing and social skills task, this product improves the ability to regard one’s reader when choosing content and wording
Communication Skills Questionnaire
Students check which social skills they’d like to work on in the areas of conversation, practical skills, non-verbal, dating, and conflict
Kinesics and Conversation Skills:
This social skills activity encourages and trains students to identify non-verbal signs of interest and disinterest during conversations and social interactions
Conversation Narratives - Set The Scene
Set the Scene is a great tool for teaching individuals with attention deficit disorders.
Polite Wording Activities Worksheets
Students learn to regard others’ feelings and are tasked with incorporating given “softening” words and phrases into opinion statements and requests
Sticky Social Scenes in Detail
Recommended for teenagers and adults. This board game for 3-4 players consists of 30 awkward social situations, each with 3 variations, providing a total of 90 different scenarios for students to solve and discuss.
Editing Verbal Narratives Activities Worksheets
Ideal for anyone who gives too much information, this task works on the ability to regard one’s listener when choosing which information to include in verbal narratives
