(select the image for more information)	LIST OF LESSONS
	Conversational Skills
	Cooperative Play Skills
	Friendship Management
	Emotion Management Skills
	Self-Regulation
	Empathy
	Conflict Management Select the lessons highlighted in blue to read an example.

Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communication Problems, by Jed E. Baker
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Select the lessons highlighted in blue to read an example.

Conversational Skills

1. Maintaining Appropriate Physical Distance from Others ("Don't Be a Space Invader")
2. Listening Position
3. Tone of Voice (Volume, Pace, Prosody: e.g., flat versus "sing-song" tone)
4. Greetings
5. How and When to Interrupt
6. Staying on Topic
7. Maintaining a Conversation
8. Taking Turns Talking
9. Starting a Conversation
10. Joining a Conversation
11. Ending a Conversation
12. Asking a Question When You Don't Understand
13. Saying "I Don't Know"
14. Introducing Yourself
15. Getting to Know Someone New
16. Introducing Topics of Interest
17. Giving Background Information about What you are Saying
18. Shifting Topics
19. Talking Briefly
20. Editing Sensitive Topics (Avoiding topics that upset others)
21. Complimenting
22. Use Your H.E.A.D. (Acronym for Happy voice, Eye contact, Alternating turns, Distance)
23. T.G.I.F. (Acronym for Timing, Greeting, Initial Question, Follow-up questions)




Cooperative Play Skills

24. Initiating Play
25. Joining In
26. Compromising (Deciding What to Play)
27. Sharing
28. Taking Turns
    1. Taking Turns Going First
29. Playing a Game
30. Dealing with Losing
31. Dealing with Winning
32. Ending a Play Activity




Friendship Management

33. Informal Versus Formal Behavior-(when and with whom to be casual versus formal)
34. Respecting Personal Boundaries
35. Facts versus Opinions (Respecting Others' Opinions)
36. Sharing Your Friend
37. Getting Attention in Positive Ways
38. Don't Be the "Rule Police"
39. Offering Help
40. Keeping Secrets and When to "Tell"
41. Modesty (Do Not Brag)
42. Asking Someone Out on a Date
43. Appropriate Touch
44. Dealing with Peer Pressure
45. Dealing with Rumors
46. Calling Someone on the Telephone
47. Answering the Telephone



Emotion Management Skills


Self-Regulation

48. Recognizing Feelings
49. Feeling Thermometer
50. Keeping Calm
51. Problem Solving
52. Talking to Others When Upset
53. Dealing with Family and Relationship Problems
54. 1. Understanding and Dealing with Anger
    2. Anger Record
55. Dealing with Making a Mistake
56. Trying When Work Is Hard
57. Trying Something New




Empathy

58. Showing Understanding: K-4th Grade
59. Showing Understanding: 5th grade and up
60. Cheering up a Friend




Conflict Management

61. Asserting Yourself
62. Accepting No for an Answer
63. Dealing with Teasing (and Acts of Aggression) K-4th Grade
64. Dealing with Teasing (and Acts of Aggression) 5th grade and up
65. More Words to Deal with Teasing
66. Dealing with Being Left Out
67. Avoiding Being "Set Up"
68. Giving Criticism (in a Positive Way)
69. Accepting Criticism
70. Having a Respectful Attitude