� 1. List 3 friends you have had at different times in your life. � 2. List a couple of activities you did with each friend. � 3. What qualities attracted you to each friend? � 4. Where and how did you meet each friend? � 5. Draw a symbol of your relationship with one of your friends. How do we find and make friends?

1. What did you value or notice about your friendships? 2.Where and how did you meet them? 3.What kinds of things did you and your friends enjoy doing? 4.How would you describe communication & understanding between you & your friends? 5.Share the symbol with your group & have them guess the significance.

Desire & Ability To Interact With Another Person

Emotional Connections To Help Support The Relationship As It Develops

Common Interests

Opportunities To Be Together

Inservice To Classmates How the student… Communicates (Personal Dictionary) Uses His/Her Hands Uses His/Her Vision Uses His/Her Senses Why the student… Uses a switch Uses Voice Output

. 1. THE STUDENT WILL POINT TO MAKE CHOICES BETWEEN PICTURES AND/OR OBJECTS TO INDICATE HER NEEDS, WANTS AND MAKE CONVERSATION WITH OTHERS. 2. THE STUDENT WILL USE A STEP-BY- STEP COMMUNICATOR TO INITIATE INTERACTIONS. 3. THE STUDENT WILL GREET OTHERS BY MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE FACE TO FACE WITH HER AND SAY HELLO. 4. THE STUDENT WILL MOVE THROUGH HER ROUTINES AND JOBS... WITH INCREASED ACCURACY IN HER USE OF THE WALKER WITH LESS PROMPTING FOR SPECIFIC DESTINATIONS BY MOVING FROM ONE HAND WALKING TO MORE INDEPENDENT WALKING FOR SHORT DISTANCES WITH INCREASED INDEPENDENCE AND LESS PROMPTING IN TRANSITIONS SUCH AS MOVING FROM FLOOR TO SITTING TO STANDING 5. THE STUDENT WILL USE HER HANDS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN MORE ACTIVITIES WITH LESS PROMPTING.

Building A Peer Support Group  Input from peers….  What do we want for the student?  What don’t we want?  How can we increase his/her participation?  How can others get to know him/her better?

Brainstorming Mutual Interests

Friends of… Club

 Some students have indicated that they have more choice over their lives and more independence.  Community involvement is seen as being more "adult- like", whereas staying at home is viewed as more "child-like".  The student may learn to generalize social skills and become more outgoing over time by modeling more appropriate independent behaviours.  This process also relieves the parents from total responsibility for social activities.

Role of Classroom Teacher Inservice classmates Provide opportunities for active participation Model interactions with student for peers Meet with assistant to plan 1-1 interactions Gather a peer support group Friendships develop when we … Identify mutual interests & Plan activities around these interests!