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Adventures in Social Skills

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Adventures in Social Skills is an interactive choose-your-own-adventure story where the reader assumes the role of a child trapped in Tudor England. Facing challenging social situations, the reader must navigate decisions that impact the outcome as they work to solve a mystery and find their way home.
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This resource is designed primarily for autistic children aged 8-12 but is adaptable for different genders and needs. It is ideal for use in educational settings, including small groups or one-to-one sessions, with a focus on developing social skills through an engaging and thoughtful narrative.

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This compelling choose your own adventure story and accompanying teacher resource have been created to develop the social skills of autistic children aged 8-12. Suitable for use in small groups or 1:1, the programme is flexible in design, allowing the facilitator to respond to the needs of each child.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

This compelling choose-your-own-adventure story, accompanied by a teacher resource, has been created to develop the social skills of autistic children aged 8-12. The reader takes on the role of the main character who, finding themselves trapped in Tudor England and confronted by challenging social situations and decisions that could help or hinder the narrative, must solve a mystery to get home.

Circumstances throughout the narrative are linked to accompanying worksheets in the teacher resource that explore topics such as wellbeing, teamwork, managing conflict, and processing information. Suitable for use in small groups or one-on-one, the programme is flexible in design, allowing the facilitator to respond to the needs of each child.

Key features of this set include:

  • An engaging, illustrated interactive story that places the reader at the heart of the narrative, encouraging discussion and creating moments for deeper thinking and self-reflection
  • Photocopiable and downloadable worksheets divided into sections focused on ‘Making Sense of my World’ and ‘Connecting with Others’

With a gentle and fun approach to social skills development, Adventures in Social Skills is an invaluable resource for anybody looking to support students aged 8-12 as they build an understanding of the complexities of social dynamics. Although created with autistic girls in mind, it can be used with students of different genders and adapted for their needs.

Series: Adventures in Social Skills

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367510343

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 31 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 22 Tables, black and white; 81 Line drawings, black and white; 81 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 840g

Pages: 100

About the Author

Rachel Holmes works as SENCo within a specialist school for secondary students with autism and associated mental health difficulties. She has previously set up a specialist unit for secondary students with autism within a mainstream setting and has led on primary curriculum development within an all age SEN school. Rachel has significant experience of providing INSET training in both specialist and mainstream settings on a range of topics such as social communication, access to learning and sensory difficulties.

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