social skill difficulties
The ability to read and understand the nonverbal cues of others and to clearly express thoughts, feelings, and intentions through facial expressions, gestures, and body language.
What is non verbal communication?
presents social concepts and rules to children in the form of a brief story and may be used to teach a number of social and behavioral concepts
What are social stories?
supports and assistance provided to help the child acquire skills and successfully perform behaviors
What is Prompting?
Nate's mom and dad wanted him to start independently initiating interactions with people in the community when they went to a store, the local gym, or a restaurant. Nate and his parents decided on a couple of goals a week for him to target. They found an application on his cell phone that allowed Nate to track how often he independently started a social interaction with people in the community, which was always one goal, and then one other target goal. Every Saturday, Nate would review with his mom and dad who he talked to, what they talked about, and how he was feeling during the conversation. Nate really liked tracking his progress on the weekly goals and it helped him start to increase how often he initiated interactions with people in the community. What intervention strategy is Nate using?
Self-monitoring
The Rockettes dance troupe most famously perform at what New York City venue?
Radio City Music Hall
the ability to begin interactions
what is social initiation?
demonstrating desired behaviors through active video representation of the behaviors.
What is video modeling?
provide a person with information and answers before they are presented with an activity or before they enter a social situation
What is priming?
Michael, a 26-year-old man with autism, had been working in the print shop for six years. Now that the print shop was moving to a new location, his supervisor, George, was concerned about how Michael would handle the change. George remembered that when Michael first started working at the print shop, his job coach took pictures of everywhere in the shop that Michael would need to walk through and work in, including the bathroom and lunch room. The job coach included text explaining what social behaviors were expected in each area.
George decided to go to the new print shop location and take pictures of everywhere Michael would need to access when they moved. George made up a book about the move using the pictures, including text explaining expected social behaviors, and even made Michael a calendar showing when they were relocating. Michael looked at the book every day and asked George questions about the move. When the print shop relocated, Michael was ready and knew what social behaviors were expected at the new shop.
What intervention strategy did George use for Michael?
Priming
Which Italian town is the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
Verona
the give-and-take of social interactions
What is social reciprocity
interpreting and analyzing social situations
What is social problem solving?
involves acting out situations or activities in a structured environment to practice new skills or previously learned skill to promote fluency
What is behavioral rehearsal?
Jada, an eleventh-grade student with autism, was eating her lunch in the cafeteria when a classmate, Amy, sat down across from her. Jada and Amy greeted each other and were eating their lunches. Amy asked Jada if she had any plans for the weekend. Jada answered by discussing everything she was doing over the weekend for the next ten minutes straight, including an elaboration about going to a museum to see a glass exhibit which happens to be her current special interest area. Amy tried to comment on Jada's plans and tell her about what she would be doing for the weekend, but Jada never stopped talking to give her a turn. What skill is Jada lacking?
Social Reciprocity
What’s the best-selling Christmas single of all time?
“White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
involves knowing what to do (declarative knowledge) and how to do it (procedural knowledge). It also involves:
What is social cognition?
may provide a narrative of what to say during a conversation or what to do during an activity
What is social scripting?
may involve having the child record occurrences (whether the behavior was performed), duration (for how long), and frequencies of behaviors (how frequently it was performed) as well as the quality of the behavioral performance (how well the behavior was performed).
What is self- monitoring?
Julio, a six-foot ninth grader with ASD, is on a community trip to the local mall. He has a picture schedule to follow and a pictorial shopping list for one store. He appears happy to be at the mall; he is smiling, laughing, and making seemingly happy noises. To regulate his sensory system, Julio needs a significant amount of large muscle input, or exercise. Before he left for the trip, he walked several laps with a weighted backpack and jumped on a mini-trampoline. Julio's class is walking down the hall when he suddenly runs ahead, leaping and landing with loud footsteps near a group of mall employees. One girl yells and a man moves out of the way as Julio stops right next to them. Julio's teacher approaches the group and explains Julio is trying to say hi. The teacher hands the group cards that have a definition of autism and a website they can visit to learn more (Julio's parents agreed to the card being handed out on community trips if needed to educate others). Julio's teacher reminds him about "space" as he puts his arm out to demonstrate how much space to leave between yourself and someone else. What does Julio need further instruction on?
How to initiate greetings with strangers
How many moons does Neptune have?
14
the absence of a skill or behavior
What is a skill acquisition deficit?
is utilized in natural environments where it capitalizes on the availability of naturally occurring reinforcers
What is Pivotal Response Training?
an effective strategy for facilitating social interactions between young children with ASD (and other disabilities) and their nondisabled peers
What are peer-mediated interventions?
Darrell is sitting at the lunch table with his seventh-grade classmates. He is talking and laughing with them. One of his classmates tells him if he stands on the table and yells out a swear word that everyone will think he is funny and will want to be his friend. Darrell jumps up on the cafeteria table and yells a swear word. His classmates are laughing! Darrell thinks, "My friend was right, this is funny." He yells another swear word as the principal walks up to the table and says to follow him to his office. Darrell tries to high five his classmates as he gets down, but they turn their backs to him and stop laughing. The principal asks Darrell to explain what was going on, so Darrell tells him everything. The principal calls the speech and language therapist to the office and asks him to do some cartooning with Darrell to help him understand what happened and maybe write a social narrative about the situation. Darrell sees two of his classmates in the office as he leaves. They sarcastically say, "Thanks a lot Darrell." Darrell answers, "You're welcome." What skill is Darnell lacking?
Social Cognition
What is the first color of the rainbow?
red