Month ECC mantra: I will use empathy to relate to others
Student Activities
- Create a list of characteristics of a good friend
- Paths to Literacy: Supporting and Encouraging Friendships
- Write an email to a friend or teacher giving them a compliment
- Paths to Literacy: Overview of Writing
- Write a social story of how you interact with others
- Ask an AI model to give you step by step directions on a social skill
Teacher Activities
- Discuss internet safety in regards to social media
- NetSmartzKids: Internet Safety
- Have your student use their AAC device to respond to social cues
- Perkins: Social Skills
- Have your student write a routine for interacting with new people
- Paths to Literacy: Presenting Yourself Positively
- Have your student make a presentation to their classmates
Family Activities
- Attend a social event at school or in the community
- Attend MSB Holiday Happenings event
- Have your child plan a family outing
- Volunteer as a family in the community
- Watch the Social Skills Intro Video
- Read About Social Skills on the Perkins Website
- Social Skills Live Binder
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