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Welcome to Communication Acceleration. We have a great selection of autism teaching tools for you to choose from. We have social skills activities and worksheets available to download in the PDF Format. These teaching tools have been developed and refined from over 20 years in the field by Lisa Flowers, a speech language pathologist working in New York City.

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

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