Social Skills for Middle School and High School | SEL + Life Skills Bundle
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This is an activity bundle of OVER 900 social scenario task cards providing PLENTY of social skills activities for middle school and high school students. Within this bundle you will target tonnes of different SEL, problem solving skills and general life skills with your older students!
The expectations and complexity of social language rapidly increases once students hit middle school and high school. These cards will target several vital life skills.
Regular education teachers, special education teachers, SLPs, or other support professionals could all benefit from using these task cards with their students. These cards are specifically designed for middle and high school aged students.
What is included in this bundle?
- Understanding idioms
- Making inferences using nonverbal cues
- Perspective taking Scenarios (3x sets!)
- Social problem solving scenarios (2x sets!)
- Indirect requests and comments
- Making predictions about consequences
- Developing and showing empathy
- Cognitive flexibility - making multiple interpretations
- Social Skills for Middle School & High School - Being a Support to Friends
- Would would you do if.... difficult situations
- Executive functioning - time estimation
- Detecting sarcasm
- Showing empathy in text messages
- Do I keep the secret?
- Responding in everyday situations
- Self advocacy
- Is it your business?
- What size is the problem?
- Responding to text messages
- Problem solving scenarios - dating edition
- Justifying opinioins
- Do I say it... or think it?
- Mixing idioms with sarcasm
WHY USE TASK CARDS?
- OPEN DISCUSSIONS!
I strongly believe that therapy targeting social skills and problem-solving abilities should be a two-way conversation between therapist and student. Task cards allow us to have open discussions with our students and can be used as conversation prompts. It is during these discussions when I see the most engagement and reciprocation from my students.
- LOW TO NO PREP!
Task cards are also low to no prep. To say we're busy is an understatement! Task cards allow us to go into a session with specific target goals in mind and choose from an array of cards to work on these skills without staying up at night making resources.
- HOT TIP: I personally don’t even print these cards, I simply have them all saved on my computer to read from (they are also downloaded onto my iPad, in case I want my student to read them to also target reading comprehension).
- HIGH ENGAGEMENT FROM STUDENTS!
Task cards also give students a sense of accomplishment when they complete one card and move onto the next. Something to tick off! They can also be useful in giving students a clear goal to work towards (e.g., “three more task cards to go!”). Having an end in sight can be motivating and can relieve anxiety and frustration, especially for those who can become overwhelmed in sessions.
HOW DO I USE THEM?
*These task cards can be used for an individual, a small group or a class*
Individual ideas:
o Side activity during a board game or other therapy activity!
o A “break” between therapy activities if the other activities are worksheet-heavy or targeting another skill!
o Use these cards as a therapy activity itself (I absolutely do!)
o “Warm up cards” for the start of each session.
o Quick assessment of skills.
o Homework.
o Use them as conversation prompts/starters.
You can even use them to simultaneously target additional skills like expressive language, speech, reading comprehension/decoding.
Small group and/or classroom ideas:
o Put the task cards up in different parts of the room (or outside!) and have students walk around with the room with their answer sheets and clip boards.
o Have students get into pairs and talk about their answers and thoughts together.
o Use a card or two each morning as part of a guided class discussion.
o Use the cards as a guide for an open ended quiz. Use the flashcards to ask the class the questions, and get the students to write their answers on a sheet to hand up.
All card decks include coloured and black and white versions.
Would you rather a bundle with even more than task cards?
Check out the mega bundle here, which includes these task cards PLUS worksheets, workbooks and powerpoint mini lessons!
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