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Social Skills - Getting Someone's Attention
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Getting Someone's Attention
Getting someone's attention is not as simple as it seems. This activity helps students work on a variety of components of gaining attention, including spatial awareness, the non-verbal signs of engagement, knocking, and speaking.
Getting Someone's Attention
Much like with Greetings, this activity focuses on a deceptively complex skill; it includes a procedural description along with an evaluation form students deliver so a recipient can assess their skills at gaining someone's attention.
For neurotypical individuals, getting someone's attention may seem like a simple skill, but for those with impaired social skills, it can prove surprisingly complex. As such, it is important to immerse these learners in real-world situations, as these scenarios involve significantly more social skills than an office session would— thereby better illuminating possible issues. The skills covered on the form (e.g., timing of knocking, what one should say, eye contact, and optimal spatial distancing) are easily practiced in a variety of ways with the help of this reference sheet. An example of a surprising instance of the difficulty of this skill is when one of my students was tasked with garnering the attention of a teacher and they called out to the teacher from the classroom doorway despite the teacher standing 20 feet away and being mid-conversation with a coworker. The nuances of these interactions are incredibly important for students to learn.
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