Social Skills Unscripted
Your child needs a summer schedule, even if you don't think they do! Most importantly, this episode journeys through the STARFISH acronym to provide some different ways to use your child's summer schedule to help them be more flexible, independent, solution-seeking, all of the things that are part o...
This episode is all about how we praise and reinforce our neurodivergent kids. It lays the foundation for the challenges that may arise with the way we praise our kids, and episode seven will be about what to focus on instead.
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This episode is a follow-up to episode 6. In episode 6, I talked about how the way we have learned to praise our neurodivergent kids is actually pretty flawed. It can have long-lasting consequences in terms of their self-esteem, relationships, employment, general happiness... even though we're doing...
Teaching our neurodivergent students the difference between cursing at a situation vs. a person, what 'code switching' is and how we as teachers and parents may be making things more difficult for our kids, and how using 'kid' terminology may cause our kid to be the one who stands out (and not in a ...
Why school tends to be challenging for our neurodivergent kids, some of the pitfalls of having a reputation for being smart, and the only way to overcome our old reputation.
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How we work with our students if they don't remember something or aren't paying attention, how we encourage an environment where all our kids feel safe to participate and engage, how we support our kids who wait to be invited to play, and navigating pretend play.
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I'mĀ talking with Lisa Mortensen, who is becoming licensed to teach our curriculum and is opening her own social club in Ohio this summer! Check it out at www.SpectrumSocial.org. We talk about her incredible neurodivergent family, her path to starting her own club, and her goals for the future of her...
Students sharing examples of using what they have learned at Starfish Social Club, the difference between laughing at someone vs. something, how we handle kids getting upset with each other, what we do when kids don't want to participate, and talking about the social context.
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The strategies we use to help our students recognize they are complaining (and what to do instead), suggestions for kids with communication challenges, and how we support our autistic and ADHD kids as they support each other.
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The importance of teaching our autistic and ADHD students how to give and receive social feedback, what the most important natural social consequence is, and how we support kids with social anxiety.
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Ramiro and I are talking about the goings-on in less than 2 hours with our students last week! We talk about why there's no such thing as doing things wrong when it comes to social skills, 'bad' kids, discussions about being popular vs. being kind, and a whole lot about asking questions to build our...
Students solving a months-old conflict on their own (including how one of our more passive students stood up for herself), a student realizing he can be a leader and help other students, and a student putting in the work to change his reputation.
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