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Monica Bounds & Lara [email protected] [email protected]
Asperger Support Network
Monica Bounds & Lara [email protected] [email protected]
Asperger Support Network
Building Social Competence:
Concrete Strategies for Assessing and Teaching Critical Skills for Employment
What is Social Cognition?What is Social Cognition?
One form of intelligence that creates our overall smarts.
Social cognition helps us understand what others are thinking and feeling, and to make guesses about their intentions.
www.socialthinking.com
One form of intelligence that creates our overall smarts.
Social cognition helps us understand what others are thinking and feeling, and to make guesses about their intentions.
www.socialthinking.com
Our Abilities as SoftwareOur Abilities as Software
Software Packages
•Platinum•Gold•Silver•Bronze•Basic
•Math•Reading•Art•Movement•Computers•Cooking
Social Cognition
How are social cognitive challenges described?
How are social cognitive challenges described?
Asperger Syndrome Autism Spectrum Disorder PDD NOS Nonverbal Learning Disorder ADHD/ADD Hyperlexia Semantic Pragmatic Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder And more…
Asperger Syndrome Autism Spectrum Disorder PDD NOS Nonverbal Learning Disorder ADHD/ADD Hyperlexia Semantic Pragmatic Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder And more…
The challenge for finding and maintaining employment:
Difficulty with soft skills & the impact on employability
The challenge for finding and maintaining employment:
Difficulty with soft skills & the impact on employability
For clients with social cognitive challenges, it is critically important to make abstract concepts and unwritten rules concrete.
Make use of lists, flow charts, visual decision rules
For clients with social cognitive challenges, it is critically important to make abstract concepts and unwritten rules concrete.
Make use of lists, flow charts, visual decision rules
Once clients understand the rules, they are very likely to need extensive coaching to learn to apply them effectively.
Once clients understand the rules, they are very likely to need extensive coaching to learn to apply them effectively.
Concrete ways to talk about thoughts & feelings
Thought sticks
5 Point Scale (Kari Dunn Buron)
5 is Against the Law
Concrete ways to talk about thoughts & feelings
Thought sticks
5 Point Scale (Kari Dunn Buron)
5 is Against the Law
5 Point Scale for Employment
5 Point Scale for Employment
5Against the
Law/
Behaviors That Are
Likely to Get You Fired
•Behaviors perceived as harassment (regardless of your intention) (e.g. sexual comments, unwanted physical touch, too many phone calls or emails, following or staring at someone)
•Threatening (It does not matter if you didn’t intend to follow through).
•Stealing (including taking small things or changing prices).
•Lying (e.g. calling in sick when you’re not)
5 Point Scale for Employment
5 Point Scale for Employment
5
•Being late (e.g. entering the building on time but not being ready to work, being 3 minutes late).
•Having a meltdown
•Serious/sustained hygiene issues (Even if you don’t think there’s a problem).
•Asking for time off too soon/for wrong reason
5 Point Scale for Employment
5 Point Scale for Employment
5•Not following correct procedures when sick or late
•Not following through with work or doing work the wrong way (even if you didn’t understand what was expected)
•Inadequate work completion due to pace or thoroughness
Not Talking EnoughNot Talking Enough
4Behaviors that scare people,
hurt their feelings,
or make
them mad
•Not greeting coworkers
•Not engaging in small talk (being overly abrupt)
•Not repairing social errors
Inadequate use of social filter
Inadequate use of social filter
4
•Being too honest
•Discussing sensitive topics
•Rule policing
•Giving unsolicited advice
Emotional Regulation/Problem
Solving
Emotional Regulation/Problem
Solving
4
•Hostile or angry body posture/actions (even if you don’t mean them to be… e.g. stomping on boxes)
•Swearing
•Defensive responses to correction or coaching (can quickly become a 5), including arguing or blamingUse Chapter from How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie to teach
•Prematurely going up the chain of command
4
•Hygiene and Appearance• B.O.• Dirty clothes• Inadequate facial hair management• Dirty hair, teeth
Verbal CommunicationVerbal Communication
3Odd or
AnnoyingBehaviors that won’t
get you more hours
People will
be less likely to want to work with
you
•Bragging and boasting
•Unexpected conversation starters
•Whining or complaining about minor issues
Verbal CommunicationVerbal Communication
3•Responding with too much or too little information
•Not closing communication loops•Conversational Stop Signs
Non-Verbal Communication
Non-Verbal Communication
3•Showing boredom (inadequate use of the social fake)
•Overly loud voice volume
Other FactorsOther Factors
3
•Unexpected style of dress (e.g. t-shirts with skulls, blood, or profanity on them)
•Limiting the hours you’re available to work (can also quickly become a 5).
•Doing the minimum
•Not starting the next task when one is finished or not checking in when you’re done.
Other FactorsOther Factors
3
•Not using SODA to fit in
•S - Stop
•O - Observe
•D - Decide
•A - Act(M.A. Bock, 2001)
Work BehaviorWork Behavior
2Reasonable
Acceptable
•Arrive on time, ready to work
•Stay on task, work at the expected rate
•If you have down time, ask what else you can do to help.
Social BehaviorSocial Behavior
2
•Act friendly: Greet coworkers, smile
•Engage in some small talk
•Create and use people files to remember what the people around you like and don’t like
Problem SolvingProblem Solving
2
•Accept feedback happily and implement it.
•Ask for help & clarification when you aren’t sure
•Repair social errors
•Advocate for yourself
Work BehaviorWork Behavior
1Superflexible
Positive
•Do everything that’s reasonable and MORE:
•Work quickly and do an excellent job, even if no one is watching
•Say Yes! when asked to do something (e.g. work more hours, more tasks, changes in routines).
•Don’t ask for extra time off
Social BehaviorSocial Behavior
1•Respond to employer’s requests quickly
•Be Friendly and kind, network with others
•Use SODA to observe and follow nuanced social rules.
Impressions & self-awareness
Impressions & self-awareness
People notice almost everything about you, and they'll make decisions about you in the first SEVEN seconds. They're also incredibly hard to change.
People notice almost everything about you, and they'll make decisions about you in the first SEVEN seconds. They're also incredibly hard to change.
