Social Skills for Children with Autism - 3 Mistakes to Avoid

Dr. Mary Barbera discusses social skills for children with autism and uncovers the top 3 mistakes to avoid when addressing social skills deficits.
Sign up for a free workshop to start turning autism around: https://bit.ly/2Pasf2K
Subscribe to get more insightful videos about #autism and related topics at: https://goo.gl/cGSdxX

Teaching social skills to children with autism is very complex. Even with hours of social skills speech therapy, if not properly assessed and planned for, little progress could be made. While I can’t you an entire video on autism social skills training, I can give you the top 3 mistakes to avoid when considering social skills interventions. Hopefully, with these mistakes in mind, you’ll be able to understand how to teach social skills to children with autism more effectively.

In general, as I’ve mentioned in other videos, it’s crucial for assessment, planning and taking data. Improving social skills in children with autism is no different. We want to start by assessing social skills and defining what social skills to target before trying to understand how to teach social skills. The other thing to keep in mind is that, while your child or client with autism is learning social skills, it may still take them time to socializing as socialization for autism kids is a gradual process.

Listen to my podcast on teaching social skills:
https://bit.ly/3tDTvFH

Subscribe on Facebook for more free resources:
https://bit.ly/3tDckZB

If you enjoyed this video about autism and social skills, be sure to subscribe to the channel, like this video and visit my website below. If you have more questions, leave them down in the comments section, and I will do my best to answer you. Thanks for watching today's video blog, and let's #turnautismaround together!

Interested in learning more about teaching a child with autism, special needs parenting, or other autism and special needs topics in the mental health in children niche?
Visit us: https://bit.ly/3tDfdcP
Contact us: [email protected]

You can also connect with us at:
Facebook: https://MaryBarbera.com/facebook
Twitter: https://MaryBarbera.com/twitter

Dr. Mary Barbera. I fell into the autism world as an autism mom in 1999 when her first-born son, Lucas, was diagnosed with autism. Since then, she became a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and best-selling author of The Verbal Behavior Approach. Since 2015, she’s created 3 autism online courses based on applied behavior analysis for professionals and "gung-ho" parents. Whether you’re looking for autism parenting strategies, working with development delays in children, or in search for autism help for professionals, I can encourage you to subscribe to the channel and join me on my journey. I’ll be providing weekly autism resources that you don’t want to miss!