Sample activities of social skills training (for children) | ||
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Session number | Session topics | Sample activities† |
1,14,15,20 | Pragmatic speech skills | Knowing how to introduce themselves in public, such as vocal volume and the manner of standing. |
2,11 | Problem solving skills | Knowing how to request assistance or help from other people. Setting a difficult scene and learning the general rules of socially appropriate behaviors by using videotape. |
3,4,5,6, | Friendship skills | Understanding the time, inviting to play, borrowing things, refusing a request politely and responding to rejection when a request is refused. |
7,8,9 | Self-regulation skills | Understanding feelings, such as knowing and controlling emotions when they lose a game, dealing with desires. |
10,12,13,16 | Nonverbal communication skills | Knowing the feelings of friends, such as practicing facial expressions in a mirror or face-to-face and asking about the feelings and emotions of others. |
17,18,19 | Shopping skills | Knowing shopping rules and paying with money at the cafe. |
Outline of mothers’ program | ||
Session number | Session topics | |
1 | Introducing themselves and understanding the concepts of the program. | |
2,6,9,13,19 | Watching the children’s program through a one-way mirror, understanding the TEACCH method and joining SST with their children. | |
3 | Learning about development of HFA from a child psychiatrist. | |
4,7,8 | Setting a goal for daily life, individual consultation by social workers and peer counseling. | |
5,10,11,12,14,18 | Learning parent training, such as making manuals for their children or using effective instructions and communication with positive feedback. | |
15,16,17 | Consulting about educational support for elementary school, and making a support system and a "support-book". | |
20 | Joining the farewell ceremony and practicing positive feedback with their children. |