Know More Do More: Social-Emotional Wellbeing
April is Autism Acceptance Month
We are grateful to be part of a community of people who are just as committed to inspiring change and promoting access for people with disabilities as we are. It’s what fuels our team and the work that we do each and every day.
Though our daily lives may look a little different, celebrating things that matter and bring hope and inspiration to the people we serve, is now more important than ever. That’s why we are excited to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month with all of YOU.
This week, we are featuring resources from our Lending Library on the social-emotional wellbeing of people with disabilities and those who live with, love, and care for them. This collection of resources has been prepared by the Autism Center at OCALI.
OCALI’s Organization Toolkit
This collection of low- and mid-tech tools are designed to help students who struggle with organizing their school work, staying focused during work time, or who need reminders to complete tasks.
Book: You Are a Social Detective
by Winner, Michelle Garcia & Crooke, PamelaGeared for ages 5-10+, this book explores how to develop kids’ own social detective skills, including using their eyes, ears, and brains. To further practice the skills, there is a Social Detective app (ages 7-12) available for $12.99 (as of 3/12/2020).
See also:
https://www.socialthinking.com/Products/you-are-a-social-detective
https://www.socialthinking.com/social-detective-apps
Book: Building Social Relationships
by Bellini, ScottThe book explores how to assess social skills and systematically teach needed skills and contains 40+ instructional strategies. It also includes a revised version of the Autism Social Skills Profile (ASSP-2), an instrument designed to measure social competence in youth on the spectrum.
See also:
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Social-Relationships-Scott-Bellini/dp/1942197160
Book: Incredible 5-Point Scale
by Buron, Kari Dunn & Curtis, MitziThe 5-Point Scale is a simple scale that can be used to teach social understanding, and provides a visual representation of social behaviors, emotions, and abstract ideas. Other OCALI resources about this strategy include the Resource Gallery of Interventions and an Autism Internet Module (AIM).
See Also https://www.socialthinking.com/Products/incredible-5-point-scale-2nd-edition
https://www.ocali.org/project/resource_gallery_of_interventions/page/5_point_scale
https://autisminternetmodules.org/
Book: Making Social Learning Stick!
by Sautter, ElizabethThis book offers a social learning diet of concepts and actions that can be used in everyday life to increase verbal and nonverbal language, listening skills, understanding of hidden rules, perspective taking, executive functioning, and more. The activities are recipes for social and emotional learning for which parents, teachers, and therapists typically already have the ingredients. With close to 200 fun and easy activities, including contributions from leading experts, this book offers numerous ways to embrace teachable moments throughout daily routines without having to do extra work!
Assessment: Vineland SEEC
Vineland Social-Emotional Early Childhood ScalesThis is a measure of social-emotional development for children from birth through 5 years and 11 months. The instrument assesses social and emotional function, examining the child's world of feelings and relationships and documenting how he or she interacts in the home and external environment.
Assessment: SRS-2 Social Responsiveness Scale 2nd Edition
The SRS-2 identifies the presence of severity of social impairment with autism spectrum disorder and differentiates it from other disorders.
To access items in this collection, please visit the Lending Library and follow these steps:
Click on “Browse All Lending Library Resources” button.
Search by item, author, or media type.
To check out a resource, create a Lending Library account.