Empathy Activities - Scenarios for Therapy
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This is a large pack of social skills activities providing over a YEAR'S worth of practice surrounding a variety of social skills including conversations, friendship skills, perspective taking, empathy and more!Activity resources include task cards, worksheets, powerpoint activities, games and craftPrice $73.67Original Price $105.25Save $31.58
Description
This activity will give your students plenty of empathy and point of view practice with these 42 social scenarios! Each card targets vital skills including perspective taking and empathy development. Your students will be presented with 42 social scenarios where they will be required to identify the point of view of a friend, reflect on a time they have been through a similar situation, then identify what they can say to their friend.
Developing and SHOWING empathy is a key social skill for children in order to develop and nurture friendships. It is a skill that increases in demand at school, at home and as students enter the workplace.
This is the elementary version of this resource. For the adolescent version, click here!
Would you rather these cards be in BOOM card format? Click here for the BOOM version of these cards instead.
SAVE TIME SESSION PLANNING!
These task cards will help to take therapy session planning and brainstorming OUT of your hands and should last you several therapy sessions. When mixed with other task card decks or therapy activities, this deck alone should last months for a weekly student!!
A QUICK AND EASY "GO TO" FOR YOUR TOOL BAG!
Very low prep (just print and go, or even quicker - just read from your laptop/tablet!).
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
- PDF file of 42x task cards
- Coloured AND black and white version
- Educator guide
- Information on the importance of task cards
WHO CAN USE THEM?
Regular education teachers, special education teachers, SLPs, OTs and 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.
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 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.
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