Social Skills - Impressions from Appearances
Social Skills - Impressions from Appearances
Impressions from Appearances
Watch the video to learn more
Click here for video transcription and ADA compliant audio for the video above
Impressions from Appearances
So many of my students rarely think about how their words and actions give others distinct impressions of them. This activity gets students to realize that everything about them, including their appearance, leads to impressions, whether accurate or not.
Impressions from Appearances
This activity increases students' awareness of how specific elements of physical appearance garner certain impressions, as well as how these impressions are often inaccurate.
It is important for students to understand that while people are constantly judged on their appearance, it isn't right to do so. Actions, body, clothing, face, hair, and posture can all play into an impression (albeit an inaccurate one) of someone. This activity intends to increase students' awareness of this universal experience and to illustrate the inaccuracy of the conclusions many jump to as a result of appearance. Almost every feature on the form is one an individual has control over, like actions and clothing; body features like height or weight are purposefully omitted. After taking turns being “judged” while others fill out the form, the person being “judged” goes through the impressions listed by the others and confirms the degree of accuracy of the impressions.
More Worksheets and Activities from the 52 Lessons Package
These social skills worksheets and activities for individuals with Autism and Social Pragmatic Communication Disorders target a variety of social skills, including the development of empathy, perspective taking, kinesics, listener/reader presupposition, and conversational skills.
Get Social Skills
Packet
A collection of 28 social skills worksheets and activities that cover conversation skills, kinesics, perspective taking, development of empathy, and real-world communication.
Get 52 Lessons & Activities
A collection of 52 language and communication worksheets and activities that cover a plethora of reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and social communication skills.