BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS ONLINE GAMES! SEL, SPED, AUTISM, SOCIAL LEARNING PDF

Autism, NEURODIVERSITY, social learning, alternative to social skills, SPED, social emotional learning, SEL, use like boom cards, Speech Therapy, special education, literacy

Learning ages 8 -13

The Building Friendships: Understanding Personal Qualities Online Games were created in response to the need for new approaches to teaching social skills to autistic children. They are designed by special education and allied health professionals. They aim to provide an alternative to traditional methods by teaching children and teenagers social learning in a way that embraces neurodiversity and allows them to build confidence using their strengths and viewpoint of the world.

Imagine that you didn’t understand the meaning of the word ‘kind’? How would you know what others meant when they said someone was kind? How would you be able to know who is showing kindness?

For lots of children and teenagers understanding the language used to describe personal qualities can be confusing. They can also find it difficult to identify these qualities in themselves and others. Developing an understanding of personal qualities is vital for children and teenagers, it is needed for both growing their sense of self, developing self-image and building positive relationships and friendships with others.

These games focus on developing and understanding of the language associated with personal qualities and which qualities are helpful for building friendships.

Includes: a combinations of quiz questions and vocabulary games.