#6 Increasing Social Opportunities for Children with Autism

Many children with autism and other developmental disabilities have a difficult time generalizing social skills outside of the classroom/therapy room. This workshop will provide parents with an overview of strategies to effectively teach and generalize social skills in the home and community. More specifically, participants will be given…

• An explanation of the component skills that comprise “social” behavior
• Strategies for increasing social interest and play skills (peer pairing, etc)
• Fading more complex language into peer interactions gradually
• The steps for teaching more structured social skills lessons
• Strategies for presenting advanced social skills such as cartooning, creating social stories, etc