Social Skills

Social skills are an essential part of everyday learning, helping students build relationships, communicate effectively, manage emotions, and navigate social situations. Explore practical teaching strategies, engaging activities, and classroom-ready resources designed to support social-emotional development, encourage positive interactions, and help students build confidence in their social skills.

Social Stories & Everyday Situations

Help students navigate everyday social situations, understand expectations, and develop appropriate responses through engaging, relatable social stories. Explore resources designed to support communication, emotional understanding, problem-solving, and positive social interactions.

Asking for Help — Social Story

A simple, student-friendly social story that teaches students when and how to ask for help, encouraging communication, confidence, and independence.

Losing a Game — Social Story

A relatable social story that helps students understand how to handle losing a game, manage disappointment, and practice positive sportsmanship.

Expanded Social Stories Bundle

A collection of six expanded social stories with companion activities and visual supports that help students navigate social situations, manage emotions, and practice everyday coping skills.

Friendship, Communication & Self-Advocacy

Support students as they develop meaningful friendships, strengthen communication skills, and learn to advocate for themselves. Explore engaging activities, discussion prompts, and real-world social scenarios that help students build positive relationships, express their needs, and navigate everyday interactions with confidence.

Self-Advocacy Skills Pack

Engaging activities and real-world scenarios that help students recognize their needs, communicate preferences, ask for support, and develop confidence in advocating for themselves.

Friendship Skills Pack

Interactive activities and discussion prompts that help students develop friendship skills, practice positive interactions, and build healthy peer relationships.

Social Skills Scenario Bundle

A comprehensive collection of social skills, friendship, and self-advocacy scenario cards designed to strengthen communication, decision-making, and everyday social problem-solving.

Emotional Regulation & Coping Skills

Help students recognize and understand their emotions, develop healthy coping strategies, and build self-regulation skills. Explore visual supports, engaging activities, and social stories designed to help students express their feelings, manage challenging situations, and practice emotional regulation in everyday settings.

Classroom Regulation Toolkit

Practical calming strategies, break cards, and visual supports that help students identify their needs, manage emotions, and practice self-regulation skills.

Behavior Visual Supports Pack

Visual tools, including feelings charts, token boards, and reflection activities, that support emotional awareness, positive behavior, and classroom routines.

Managing Emotions Social Story Bundle

A collection of five social stories that help students recognize common emotions, understand their feelings, and explore appropriate ways to express themselves.

Social Thinking & Understanding Expectations

Help students develop social awareness, recognize expected and unexpected behaviors, and better understand the situations they encounter every day. Explore engaging activities and visual supports that encourage critical thinking, flexible thinking, and appropriate responses to social situations.

Real vs. Not Real

Interactive sorting activities, visual supports, and discussion prompts that help students distinguish between real and imaginary situations while developing reasoning skills.

Expected vs. Unexpected

Engaging activities and social scenarios that help students identify expected and unexpected behaviors, understand social expectations, and practice making appropriate choices.

Body Language & Social Cues Cards

Visual scenario cards designed to help students recognize social cues, interpret body language and facial expressions, and develop a better understanding of social interactions.

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