Teaching Social Skills in Study Hall - Ohio Speech

Teaching Social Skills in Study Hall
Nancy McCloskey
OSLHA March 10, 2012 3:45-5:15pm
njmspeech@cinci.rr.com
I would like you to leave here with…
• Lessons for pragmatic group activities
• A list of pragmatic skills that could be worked on
with high school students
• The comfort that these ideas can be modified
for younger students
• A belief that whole class
mode of therapy is OK
Ideas that you will use on Monday!
What Worked For Me
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10,100 students grades preschool through 12
4 years ago speech Caseload 75
Covered 5 buildings
Worked 2 ½ days a week
I NEEDED A PLAN GROUP
Currently have 30 students at the High School
19 students
social skills
on their IEP
• 15 with needs
but no speech on IEP
4th and 5th Bell
Two intervention classes
Newbies with 10 students
4 have speech on their IEP’s
Veterans with 10 students
7 have speech on their IEP’s
I go into the intervention class once a week and
carryout a lesson
I have lunch with the Intervention Specialist once a
week and this is when we ‘plan”
Social Skills Measuring Tools
• http://www.nesc.k12.mn.us/files/Pragmatic%20Language%20
Checklist.pdf
• http://nc.agbell.org/docs/2010Convention/SCposted/NoHabl
o_ChecklistEnglish.pdf
• http://dlserver.samford.edu/eportfolio/Portfolios/ElaineThaga
rd/adaptive_Problem_Solving/checklist_for_SocioPragmatic_L
anguage_Behaviors.pdf
• Pragmatics Profile on CELF 4
• The Children’s Communication Checklist-2
• Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language
• Parent Report
• Teacher report
Self Rate Scale
Teachers and Educational Assistances also rated the students
Results
Students
• From August 2010 to
February 2012
• Students had an average
growth of __ points
• Growth ranged between
___ to ___ points
Staff
• Tended to rate the student
lower than the student
rated them self
• Staff saw an average growth
of ____ points
• Growth ranged between
___ to ___ points
Student’s Own Words
“This class has helped me socially. It has helped me understand social rules.”
“This has got to be the craziest class I’ve had all year. If this class has taught me
anything, it’s been the ability to cope with my condition.”
“This class has helped me to see people not for their outward appearance or their
quirks, but for who they are inside.”
“This class is as good as a class can get. I would recommend this class to anyone
who has trouble in social situations. “
“We always do things that help me in daily life.”
“This class has helped me a little. I’ve learned how to properly interrupt a
conversation.”
A list of pragmatic skills
• Proper names
• Team work
• Shares ideas, opinions
and remarks in a socially
appropriate manner
• Polite
• Shows awareness of
needs of and empathy
toward others
• Respect for others space
• Respond appropriately to
humor
• Keep friends
• Interview skills
• Self regulation
• Repair
• Apologize
• Appreciate
• Goal setting
• Self evaluation
Treatment Methods
•Video Modeling
•To Do Lists/Post it Notes in Agenda
•Role Modeling
•Options Cards
•Photographs
•Visual Reminders
• Cartooning
•Awards
•I-Phone /I Pad/ Smart Board
Awards
Have A Heart
Students nominate others and
we draw name monthly
Hats Off
Students tell of their
accomplishments
Present Level Statement
According to the Ohio Academic Standards high
school students need to have the ability to
prepare for and participate effectively in a
range of conversations and collaborations with
diverse partners, building on others' ideas and
expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
IEP GOALS
• Over the next 12 months ___ will show growth in the use and the
understanding of social communication skills demonstrated by
preparing for and participating effectively in a range of
conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on
others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively
measured in 8/10 trials at the independent level
• Over the next 12 months ____ will use appropriate communication
within the classroom and during job site experience both verbally
and non verbally at an independent level in a 30 minute sample
with 80% accuracy
• Within the next 12 months ____will utilize a visual cueing system to
cue self to use acceptable vocal loudness level and body distance/
space in one on one and group interactions measured 80% accuracy
during a 10 minute interaction
Within the next ___ months ___ will
exhibit appropriate social communication skills of active listening,
commenting, asking questions, and appropriately entering and
exiting conversations with peers and with adults at the independent
level to 80% accuracy. (--% accuracy baseline with prompts)
be able to explain and demonstrate socially appropriate
communication styles in communication exchanges and methods to
repair when appropriate styles are not used with peers and with
staff at the independent level in 8/10 trials (-- baseline accuracy)
be able to use reflective talking at the independent level (talking to self
through it) in 8/10 trials to handle a change in a routine and
complete the task on hand (-- baseline accuracy)
Within the next ___ months ___ will
be able to explain the consequences of not
following appropriate social rules with 80%
accuracy (-- baseline accuracy)
identify facial expressions to emotions in real
situations and with structured activity such as
board game targeting facial expression
identification skills with 80% accuracy in three
out of four observable opportunities (-- baseline
accuracy)
Within the next ___ months ___ will
interact with peers to complete a group activity
at least one time each month. (baseline 0 x
per month-will opt to do activity solo)
make requests using polite language (e.g., "Can
you help me?") in two out of three language
activities when provided with faded models
and/or cues (baseline needing verbal model to
complete in 1/3 language activities)
PAPERS IN THE FRIDGE
Spence Rogers and the
Peak Learning Systems
Keep papers in folders in
the classroom
LESSON IDEAS
•Weekly lesson
•30-45 minutes
•10-12 students
•1-2 aids
•Maybe 1-4
other staff
members
NAMES
They did not know each others names
Awesome Anthony
Mrs. McCLAWsky
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory
TO NAME A FEW
Albert Einstein
Bill Gates
Mark Twain
Thomas Jefferson
Beethoven
Emily Dickinson
Mozart
Van Gogh
Henry Ford
Sir Issac Newton
http://www.child-autism-parentcafe.com/famous-people-with-autism.html
Boo Radley
Dr. Spencer Reid
Dr. House
Max Burkholder of "Parenthood“
SpongeBob Square Pants
Henry the Penguin on OSWALD
Phineas
Sherlock Holmes
Charles Wallace in A Wrinkle in Time
Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang
Theory
Brick Heck from The Middle
Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter
Monk
Napoleon Dynamite
Forrest Gump
Gilligan
Jerry Espenson
FABLE OF THE PROCUPINE
It was the coldest winter ever - many
animals died because of the cold.
The porcupines, decided to group
together.
This way they covered and protected
themselves; but the quills of each one
wounded their closest companions.
After awhile they decided to distance
themselves one from the other and
they began to die, alone and frozen.
So they had to make a choice: either
accept the quills of their companions or
disappear from the Earth.
Wisely, they decided to go back to
being together.
This way they learned to live with the
little wounds that were caused by the
close relationship with their
companion, but the most important
part of it, was the heat that came from
the others.
This way they were able to survive.
The best relationship is
not the one that brings
together perfect people,
but the best is when each
individual learns to live
with the imperfections of
others and can admire the
other person's good
qualities
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http://petsblogs.com/2010/10/fable-of-the-porcupine
1-5 SCALE
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• Ideas came from this
book-good website too
Student Made Scale Poster
Casual Friends
Close Friends and Family
Weird
Going to get in trouble
Harmful
Posted in the room
Used to refer to
comments
and to actions
Modified to 1-5
Cool Down Scale in
later lesson
NEVER SAY NEVER
Abe Lincoln Geico commercial
Santa Deer hunting –err fishing commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPX2cQP8uoI
TOP 10 RUDE LIST
Not in any specific order!
1. Using obscene language or gestures
2. Kissing or more in the halls
3. Act like they are all knowing
4. Messing with other people’s property
5. Acting rowdy
6. Spitting, belching, farting
7. Picking on others for their differences
8. Playing loud music
9. Littering
10. Not respecting others
How Rude By Alex J Parker
WHAT IS ON YOUR PLATE?
1-5 COOL DOWN SCALE
http://www.5pointscale.com/more_
sweet_scale.htm
NO BUTTS
5 Ways to Apologize
Anytime you add the but,
you shift the responsibility
from yourself to the other
person
Expressing Regret:
I’m sorry
Accepting Responsibility:
Keep in mind that
I was wrong
apologizing is all about doing
Making Restitution:
it for someone else
What can I do to make it right?
Genuinely Repenting:
I’ll try not to do it again.
Requesting Forgiveness: http://amyjane.hubpages.com/hub/Ways
myjane.hubpages.com/h
Will you please forgive me?-To-Apologize
THANK YOU
Complaints Department
Really
List what you have complained about today
Should be
1. Homework
THANKFUL
2. Get up early
3. Lunch food was bad
Thankful List
Challenge STOP-THANKS People Things Other
Look at list 3 times a day
for the next week
How did it make you feel?
Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter by Hal Urban
MEMORY
DISH IT OUT
Peg Words
Teacher nominated
1-bun
2-shoe
3-tree
4-door
5-hive
Cornell Note Taking
http://ace.fsu.edu/Gfx/Cornell_T
emplate_ACE.pdf
How to Remember
Everything
By Russell Kahn
I WANT
car, house
I NEED
money
BETTER GET A
job
HOBBIES
move?
listen?
pictures?
words?
solo?
Employers look for
• Responsible
• Adapt /Grow
• Work in Groups
• Communicate
group?
Take what you like to do and
get paid for it
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
KICK THE BUCKET
People hanged themselves by
standing on a bucket with a
noose around their neck and
then kicking the bucket away
Bucket List
New Years Resolution
Hat Off Award
http://personalexcellence.co/blog/wh
ats-on-your-bucket-list-101-things-todo-before-you-die/
NONVERBAL
One study at
UCLA indicated
that up to 93%
of communication
effectiveness is
determined by
nonverbal language.
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URBAN LEGENDS
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/sc
ary.html
MARCH MADNESS
Idioms
http://www.idiomsite.com
Multi Meaning Words
http://sb058.k12.sd.us/multiple%20mea
nings/multiple_meaning_words.htm
Optical Illusions
*voted best lesson 2010-2011
year
Many Colors of Grey
Review
Every grading period we
would review..
What have we learned??
Have you used it??
End of the year book
Other Activities
PACK CLUB
THE ‘PACK’ CLUB WHICH STANDS
FOR “PEOPLE FOR THE
ACCEPTANCE
OF COMMON KINDNESS”
This is a club that seeks to help students
develop social relationships within their
school and community. The club
participates in social activities as
a group, as well as helping to raise
awareness for individuals with disabilities,
and getting involved within their school
and community for the benefit of
themselves and others.
AUTISM DINNER
Students helped with
Donations
Tickets
Serve
Meal prep
Art work
Invite friends and family
What the class does on m, t, th and f
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Hand Shake
Notice details
Interview dress
Interview responses
Thank you notes
Chit chat
OGT
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Eye contact
Hygiene
If/then
Support
Goal setting
Use of agenda
Communicate
with teachers
Modify
CD students
Month ling activity with
restaurant skills
Menu vocabulary
Went out to eat
Set up a mini café and
served staff
Autism Unit
Visual word and picture
reminders
Smaller group
One on one therapy time
to reinforce
Younger Students
Manners
TV shows
Collaborate
Families
• Parent email
addresses
• Update my website
with what we have
worked on every 4-6
weeks
• Send post cards with
GOOD NEWS in the
mail to students
Teachers
• Simple Strategies That Work
by Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon,
Dena Gitlitz in Books
Email monthly with strategy
Some sources I have found helpful
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Day to Day LIFE Skills by Ellen McPeek-Glisan
Resources of Activities for Peer Pragmatics by Nancy L McConnell and Carolyn M Blagden
Manners Made Easy for Teens by June Hines Moore
Hidden Curriculum One a Day Calendar for older Adolescents and Adults by Judy Endow
Simple Strategies That Work by Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon and Dena Gitlitz
The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond by Dr. Jed Baker
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Kathleen
McConnell and Gail Ryser
Teaching Tips by Spence Rogers
Super Doodles by David Mostyn
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Personal Workbook by Sean Convey
The Incredible 5 Point Scale by Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis
A 5 is Against the Law by Dari Dunn Buron
97 Things to do Before You Finish High School by Jenkins and Stalder
The Social Success Workbook for Teens Barbara Cooper and Nancy Widdows
How Rude By Alex J Parker
Teen Manners by Cindy Post Sennings and Peggy Post
Website Used
• http://www.superlame.com/engine.php
Speech bubble with photos you upload
• http://www.xtranormal.com/xnmm/landing
Movie maker site
• http://www.doingitforme.com/50-ways-to-start-a-conversation
• http://www.conversationstarters.com
Conversation starters
http://www.slideshare.net/m.mahmood80/nonverbal-communication1880600
http://www.slideshare.net/bhavna123/body-language-1172658
Body language
http://www.dominounplugged.com/hosting/dominounplugged/home.nsf/rsr
c/34705A030F0087C585256D280005D23E/$file/text_messaging_dictionary.p
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