How to Teaching Social Skills to a student who has Intellectual deficiency/PDD and or Autism with the help of current technology

Regardless of disabilities, all students wanted to be noticed by their opposite sex peers. It is very difficult and sensitive area for them and for others to talk about

 The nature of the topic, social stigma, use of language, is making very difficult to talk about this needs.  There are several tools available to us to address this need. None of them are very effective. I like to try a new approach.  Several organizations including: Physicians, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social workers, Teachers, Speech pathologist and Family members and more are searching for answers.  Occupation Therapist, Aug. Communication Specialist, Speech Pathologist, Teachers, Psychologist and Social Workers including parents are searching for answers.  Suggestions and available technics/tools are available to resolve this needs are: Social Stories, Circle Program, Roll play, Modeling, individual and group problem solving skills, use of, Videos, Behavior Management and more.  My intention is to use in combination of: Circle program and Social Stories with Role modeling, and some games through DynaVox Speech Devices - DynaVox Speech Devices -

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION CHALLENGES INVOLVE PARTIES  Interactive video-game available in a/similar to communication device like DynaVox.  Developing an interactive game.  Video Presentation  Student with Intellectual Disabilities/ PDD and/or Autism  Regular peers if interested  Professionals  Parents and other social worker who may be interacting with George.

 In combination of a game with a social story can be use to teach appropriate Social Interaction with a friend from opposite sex  This group of students have social skills and communication impairment.  Social stories give some background and very specific social norm to follow. Why there has to be a rule to play a game?  Circle program will provide visual structure along with video and role play. Role play will provide problem solving skills

 This Autistic boy named Georg, has learned how to start a conversation, and carry on the conversations up to three sentences. After that he doesn’t know what to say. If someone asks him questions, he will be able to answer those questions. He just doesn’t know what to say next. George has seen, his cousin has a girlfriend. So He wants a girlfriend. He likes one or two girls in school. He went to talk to the girl, he thinks, she will be his girlfriend. The girl saw him and went with her other friend. So he decided to hurt her. He is very curious about women’s body too.  Now, what do I have to teach?  1.What are the skills Georg already has?  2.What is the definition of a girlfriend?  3.All girls are girls. All girls are not a girlfriend. 4. Girls could be friends. Only one girl will be a girlfriend.  5.However George chose to be her boyfriend, still this girl also has to like George.  Write social stories on each skills or concept I have to teach. Develop some interactive games. Incorporate the social-stories with the games. Teach each skill separately. Then incorporate the entire four skills in one game to teach generalization skill.  Use the Role play model with him in various scenarios. The teacher may use some other techniques too.

Circle Program to teach Social Boundaries sites.google.com/site/autismhome/Home/special.../social-circles CIRCLES®: Intimacy & Relationships Education My Extended family My Friends Strangers Friends in the community The Girl I like My family Me Circ le Community helper Social Circle

Me Circle : All about me, what do I like to do, eat,and or play etc. I love myself. I’m proud of myself. My Family : All about Me, my parents, and siblings. I trust my family a lot. They take care of me. I share all my feelings with them. My Extended Family : My cousins, Ants, uncles and very close friends of mine and our closed family friends. I trust them a lot. I see them very often, not everyday. I share some of my feelings with them. My Friends : The friends I play with, goes to school, goes to movies, I care for them. They care for me. I trust them also. My Community Friends : My friends in school who may or may not be a play mate of mine. My friends cousins. Primary Physician, Teachers and more. I like my community friends. Some times they help me. Community Helpers: Fire Fighters, Emergency Response Team, Security personals, Service delivery personals. I know them some times. I know they are here to help every one. They ware ID cards. Strangers: The people I don’t know. They don’t know me. I don’t trust them. I don’t invite them to my house.

CIRCLE PROGRAMSOCIAL STORIES  Provide the Intimacy and Relationship education,  Adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities and autism  Social Circles- Personal Space & Safety Curriculum  It address the behavior managements issues  with-Down-Syndrome-about-Their-Bodies-Boundaries- and-Sexuality/Terri-Couwenhoven/e/ /  › Services - Cached - imilar - Block all php.com resSultsServicesCachedimilarBlock all php.com resSults  ►  A Social Story help to describes a situation, skill, or concept in terms of relevant social cues.  It helps to develop problem solving skills for real life situations.  There are specific guidelines and criteria for writing Social Stories  socialstories /  region2library.org/ SocialStories.htm  w ww.thegraycenter.org/ social - stories -

THE GIRL I LIKE IS IN MY FRIEND CIRCLE THE GIRL I LIKE IS MY GIRLFRIEND NOW  “The Girl I like”  “ The girl I like”