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Social Emotional Learning Activity: Tact

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Tact

This activity is all about perspective taking. Students must identify what could be offensive about each given statement, and learn how tactless statements can hurt others' feelings or give a negative impression of the speaker.

Social Skills Worksheet Perspective Taking High School Worksheet by Speech Language Pathologist Lisa Flowers

Social Emotional Learning Activity: Tact

Conversational discretion and sensitivity require seeing things from your listener's perspective.

This social-emotional learning handout (complete with answer key) focuses on perspective-taking and developing empathy. Learners on the autism spectrum tend to struggle with these skills, but this handout can help students to better understand the feelings and perspectives of others. The 19 statements contained within cover various tactless sentiments, such as bragging, inappropriateness, offensiveness, overgeneralization, and prejudice. All of these elements can serve for comprehensive conversations of others' perspectives.

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