Social Awareness
Social Awareness is the identification and comprehending of social cues. These cues may be in one’s immediate surroundings, inside another person (understanding another’s state of mind), or in the interactions of relevant social networks.
Presentations
3 to 5 mins presentation on theory concepts
Programs
Practical exemplars to demonstrate in phases
Articles
Additional information
on skills
Materials
Printable ABA tools to be used in lessons
Program Videos
Responding to His Name
This program teaches a student to respond to their name being called and to build basic communication skills.
Awareness Game – Treasure Hunt
This program increases students’ attention, awareness, play, self-control, memory and recall.
Gesture
This program teaches students to understand and use gestures.
Increasing Social Awareness Using Delay Instructions
This program teaches students to be more socially aware of others’ presence by using delayed instructions.
Competition
This program teaches students to be competitive in order to increase motivation and interest in games. Students become aware that they must do something better than someone else.
Keeping Appropriate Social Distance
This program teaches students to be more aware of their proximity to others and where they should be positioned.
Advanced Competition
This program teaches students more advanced competition concepts that are elements of a range of activities.
Facial Expression: Like/Dislike
This program teaches students to recognize nonverbal cues, specifically facial expressions and body language related to likes and dislikes.
Emotion: Scared
This program teaches students to link emotion words (scared) to the actual feeling.
Emotions
This program teaches students to understand and use emotion labels.
Social Category
This program teaches students to know that there are different kinds of social relationships and different ways of interacting with people from these groups.
When & How to Offer Help to Others
This program teaches students to be more aware of their social environment by being more helpful through recognizing when people need help and knowing how to help them.
Visual Perspective Taking
Perspective taking involves being able to understand something from another’s point of view. This program is designed to teach a student to understand that different people see different things. It also serves as a foundation for later skills.
