Social Language Photo Cards Adolescent

Help older students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or other language disorders, solve and respond to social problems and develop critical executive function skills of organization, arranging, and planning.

Engaging color photo cards depict familiar themes and social exchanges unique to adolescents. Generalization activities include personalizing the scenarios to engage students in discussing such life skills as planning for their future and dealing with conflict.

Cards are divided into four different areas of social exchange.

Time-based cards present problems in the past, present and future. Students learn consequences of past behavior and use that knowledge to make better decisions in the future. Generalization cards require the student to reflect on how he solved a problem in the past and brainstorm solutions for a better outcome for a similar problem.

Place or Rank Ordering cards require the student to identify multiple, simultaneously occurring problems, rank them based on importance or urgency and develop an action plan. Generalization card asks the student to visualize himself in the setting and to modify the problem so it's similar to something he's personally encountered.

Purpose-based cards ask the student to identify the purpose of social interactions in order to keep a conversation flowing. In the generalization activity, the student visualizes himself taking part in the conversation and responds to questions.

Audience-based cards require the student to evaluate his listener's needs and generate a response. Students respond differently to a peer vs. a person of authority and learn to make subtle changes in tone, the amount and type of details to share, and the use of slang. Generalization requires the student to reflect on problems from the past and to solve similar problems in the future.

200 5” x 7” double-sided coated picture/stimuli cards and six instruction cards in a sturdy storage box. Ages 12 – 17 years.