All Heartland students and families have access to an amazing resource called Everyday Speech. There are extensive resources within this program to support pragmatics (social skills). Discuss access to this program with your child's HST.
Struggling with knowing which concepts to focus on? See the various outlined topics below with some strategies listed. Find resources to match these areas of need within Everyday Speech.
- Understanding Social Situations
- Taking Turns in Conversation
- Staying on Topic
- Understanding Others' Perspectives
- Adjusting Communication for Different People and Situations
- Social Problem Solving
- Play Skills: Following the Rules of Storytelling
Additional Information and Games
- Social Thinking, “Information about social problem-solving, perspective taking and executive functioning”
- Social Communication in School-Aged Children Information from ASHA
- Social Skills Activities and Games
- Additional Social Skills Activities
- And more! Social Skills Activities