Social Skills
This book by David Hingsburger gives advice and ideas for dealing with bullies for families, educators and young adults with intellectual disabilities. This document provides a brief description and a link to Diverse City Press, where other useful resources can be found.
The sites for networking on the internet help youth, because they don’t have the social challenge...
It takes a student with a strong sense of their own identity to be able to be a friend to a student...
George was one of Jim’s friends. George had a car and he often would pick Jim up so go for a drive...
This document explains “Circle of Friends” and how to use this tool. (It can also be helpful to young people in deciding how close a friends is. This can help with knowing how to act with that friend.)
(Extracted with permission from the 2009 Inclusion Press booklet, “Planning for Real Life after School”, prepared by the Marsha Forest Centre.)
Sometimes Vanessa and Jaclyn have an argument. Sometimes Vanessa doesn’t hear what Jaclyn is...
Jaclyn and Vanessa sometimes talk about their boyfriends on the phone. They both have had a...
Vanessa and Jaclyn stay in touch. They send emails. They talk about keeping journals so they...
Jaclyn likes to invite friends over to her house. She plans ahead. She makes sure she has some tea...
“My son could have learned more about how to be a friend if the school had addressed this directly...
