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Teaching social skills to autistic teens (SOP1)

Speaking of Psychology

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What Do You Think We're Waiting For?

In peers, what we try to do is actually teach what people who are socially accepted do in these real world situations. Instead of going up and saying hi, or going up and introducing ourselves, instead, what we would teach our kids to do is first start by just kind of listening and watching the conversation. We want to wait for a little pause, and we'll move a little bit clo sir, and then as we join, we make some kind of a comment or ask a question that's on topic.

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