Empathy Social Skills Game

Practicing social skills, from expression, exchange, and expectations can be fun with this Empathy Social Skills Game. Includes scenarios, ideas for strategies, and quiz questions! Play as a board game with the included game board and question cards. How we target Empathy looks like: understanding yours and others’ feelings, sharing about feelings, and connecting and supporting each other. Objective: Students will learn about and practice Empathy as a social skill through a hands-on game. WHAT'S INSIDE Resource Guide About the Resource Resource Preparation Resource Walkthrough Questions 40 Scenario Cards 40 Event Cards 40 Quiz Cards Game Board Full Page with color-coordinated spaces to match the Scenario, Event, and Quiz cards Game Pieces Spinner 6 color pieces Student directions Answer Key for Scenario and Quiz cards IDEAS FOR USE While you can use this game in a variety of ways at home, school, clinic, and in the community, some suggested uses are included below: Teaching about Empathy as a social skill Teaching about strategies, tools, and supports Teaching and practicing self-advocacy Reminders about strengths and needs Re-teaching and supporting aspects of social skills Person-centered plan goals IEP goals around social opportunities and Empathy ACROSS AGES AND SUPPORT NEEDS Can be used with students across upper elementary, middle, and early high school. Students who read at or close to grade-level and can benefit from structured social games. PROMOTING NEURODIVERSITY + FUTURE-FOCUSED WORK We want to support you in creating a future-focused classroom where students are more prepared for life after high school, including social experiences to practice and learn more about their own social skill expressions and goals. The resource supports students around social skill interests, so they have more hands-on practice for school and in upcoming years. You can email us at hello@autismgrownup.com if you have any feedback, questions, and/or requests for resources.