The resource is designed for young people, aged 12+, who have social and communication related difficulties. It may benefit those with Autism or Neurodiversities but will also suit a range of learners who find social interaction, relationships, communication and independence more difficult for any reason. The workbook is packed full with 50 pages of activities that are designed to be used in the classroom or at home. This workbook can be used as a programme of work on social skills for learners who wish to develop these skills. It’s important for the teacher or adult working with the learner to check each activity for suitability for their individual student and that the programme is suitable for the individual.
The topics covered include: Knowing Yourself, Relationships, Emotions, Independence and Social Scenarios.
The booklet is in read-only PDF format.
It can be used with compatible text-to-speech software and coloured backgrounds have been used on most pages so that the booklet is dyslexia-friendly.
This bundle brings together all 10 structured PDF presentations from the SLEducation Communication Skills library, covering the core social and communication skills that adolescents and young adults with autism and individuals with social communication deficits need to navigate everyday life with greater clarity and confidence.
Each resource is a complete, standalone full lesson — structured, visually engaging, and immediately usable in 1:1 or small group sessions. Together they form a comprehensive communication skills programme that can be delivered across a full term or used flexibly to target individual areas of need.
What is included:
Understanding & Identifying Facial Expressions — Receptive Skills
Active Listening Signals — Receptive & Expressive Feedback Mechanics
Part 1: Understanding & Identifying Tone of Voice — Receptive Skills
Part 2: Using Your Tone of Voice — Expressive Skills
Eye Contact and Visual Attention — Gathering Information & Sensory Comfort
Conversational Turn-Taking — Receptive & Expressive Skills
Apologising and Repairing Conversations — Receptive & Expressive Skills
Sarcasm — Receptive Skills
Personal Space & Proximity — Receptive & Expressive Skills
Starting & Ending Conversations — Receptive & Expressive Skills
Each resource includes:
Clear, explicit teaching of a specific communication skill
Real-life examples and structured practice activities with feedback
Practical tips and key takeaways
Suitable for:
Adolescents and young adults with autism aged 13+
Individuals with social communication deficits
Students with functional verbal language and a basic level of reading comprehension
1:1 sessions, small group work, or guided independent study
SEN specialists, therapists, tutors, and support workers
Format: 10 PDF presentations
Session time: Approximately 30–40 minutes per lesson
All content uses clear, literal, and neutral language throughout. Resources are universally applicable, with no political, ideological, or religious content.
SLEducation — Where rehearsal meets real life…
Autism Social Skills Older Students
Autism social skills worksheets with real pictures designed for older students, tweens, and middle school learners to practice SEL, emotional regulation, flexible thinking, and problem-solving skills.
This resource includes 30 printable worksheets created specifically for autistic learners, special education students, visual learners, speech therapy groups, and middle school SEL support. Each page uses a realistic social situation, one authentic photo, and three answer choices to help students practice calm, respectful, and socially appropriate responses.
Unlike many social skills resources that feel too young for older learners, these activities use realistic tween and middle school situations that are more age-respectful and relatable.
The activities focus on:
social skills
emotional regulation
flexible thinking
problem solving
friendship skills
online communication
social-emotional learning
What Is Included
30 printable worksheets
Real-life tween and middle school photo scenarios
3 answer choices per page
“Color or check” response format
Simple “What’s Happening?” explanations
US Letter PDF format
Topics Included
School & classroom situations
Friendship challenges
Emotional regulation
Flexible thinking
Community independence
Digital and online social situations
How Teachers Can Use This Resource
Teachers, therapists, and counselors can use these worksheets for:
SEL lessons
social skills groups
speech and language sessions
counseling support
autism support programs
behavior intervention
independent work
one-to-one instruction
Students read the social situation, examine the realistic photo, and choose the most respectful or helpful response.
Target Students
Ideal for:
autistic learners
tweens and middle school students
special education students
visual learners
students needing emotional regulation support
speech and language students
students working on social-emotional learning skills
Recommended for:
Ages 9–14
Grades 4–8
The realistic visuals, age-appropriate situations, and predictable structure help reduce visual overload while supporting meaningful social-emotional learning for older students.
Support secondary students in building the essential social skills they need to navigate friendships, conflict, and everyday interactions with this practical, ready-to-use activity pack.
This resource pack targets three core areas of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL): reading social cues, initiating and sustaining conversations, and resolving conflict.
What’s Included
A 4 page PDF containing the following:
Conflict Resolution – What Would You Do? – A scenario-based activity presenting six realistic conflict situations drawn from everyday secondary school life.
Conversation Starters – A visually engaging grid of 36 conversation prompt cards covering both open questions and “would you rather” scenarios, designed to help students practice initiating and sustaining conversations with peers.
Social Cues – Emotions Worksheet (Part 1) – A structured worksheet introducing the concept of social cues — the facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice that communicate how someone is feeling.
Social Cues – Emotions Worksheet (Part 2) – A continuation of the social cues activity, extending student reflection to three additional emotional states.
How to Use
This pack is flexible enough to use as a complete social skills unit or as standalone activities slotted into form time, PSHE lessons, intervention sessions, or pastoral support
Grade Levels: Secondary / KS3 and KS4 / Middle and High School
File Format: PDF (printable and projectable)
**Note: **This is a digital download only.
INTERACT – KS3 Social Skills & Emotional Regulation Intervention
A complete 12-week social skills and emotional regulation intervention for Years 7–9, designed for small-group delivery by LSAs, SEND and pastoral staff.
INTERACT combines social communication with emotional regulation through the framework:
CONNECT • NOTICE • REGULATE • COMMUNICATE
The programme progressively develops from friendship foundations in Year 7, to social confidence and group skills in Year 8, and perspective-taking, belonging and relationships in Year 9.
The KS3 bundle includes:
3 complete 12-week programmes
36 ready-to-deliver 35-minute sessions
Student workbooks for Years 7, 8 & 9
Step-by-step facilitator handbooks
Scripts, modelling and practical activities
Baseline & end assessments
Progress and impact tracking
SENDCO/APDR evidence
SEND-inclusive differentiation
Parent/carer email templates
Staff communication templates
CPOMS recording templates
Suitable for targeted support around social communication, friendships, emotional regulation, autism, ADHD, SLCN and SEMH needs.
No lesson planning required – open the facilitator guide and deliver.
INTERACT is an educational intervention. Assessment tools are for programme monitoring and are not diagnostic or standardised assessments.
Printable Social Story | Digital Resource
Social Story - When I Am Frustrated
This Social Story: When I Am Frustrated, is meant to teach students that becoming frustrated and having strong feelings is normal, but there are healthy ways to cope with frustration, and effective strategies to self-regulate and calm down.
The social story is in PDF format (8.5"x11") and so is easily printable, and can be laminated and placed in binder for use with students. It uses developmentally appropriate language and engaging visuals to keep student interest.
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1 High-Resolution colour PDF file, in 8.5x11 format
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Following purchase, your file will be emailed to you for printing.
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A pupil self-evaluation exit ticket designed to support reflection on Scotland’s Meta-Skills framework. It encourages learners to consider their progress in the three key areas of Self-Management, Social Intelligence and Innovation by identifying strengths and areas for development.
The visual layout has been designed to align with the Skills Development Scotland Meta-Skills poster, making it familiar and accessible for pupils.
The resource can be used as a plenary activity, assessment tool or evidence of skills development across the curriculum, helping learners become more aware of the transferable skills they are developing through their learning experiences.
This programme is a short intervention intended for children in KS1 or for those who struggle to cope in social situations.
Understanding of Social skills is an under pinning tool required throughout life. Identifying our own feelings and the feelings of others helps us to adapt in our ever changing world. It helps children work independently or within a group and react to situations appropriately.
Programme contents - This is me, Friendship web, What do you look for in a friend, Show your appreciation, Being a good sport, Being a team player, Personal Space, Your space, Blow your own trumpet, Being confident, Getting on with others, Sorry, high five certificate!
5 x fully resourced, highly-rated lessons fo developing Social Skills in children and young teens. All 5x lesson packs (in 4 downloads) are complete with at least one hour-long powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students.
These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
There is zero extra work required. You can just have a quick look at them and teach - instructions are very clear as you go along.
I use all of these myself and I really hope you find them excellent value.
Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free.
A fun and engaging game that is perfect for ELSA / Friendship Support / Mindfulness / Social Skills intervention groups etc.
Can be played with two or more players - all you will need is a dice and some counters. Students work their way around the board by answering question about themselves, the first student to reach the finish is the winner of the game!
Game mat can be printed laminated for future use.
Help children develop essential social skills with our “Social Skills” Social Stories Bundle. This set of 14 stories is specifically designed to teach children important social behaviors, encouraging positive interactions and helping them build stronger relationships with others. Each story uses clear, relatable examples to guide children in mastering social skills that will support their success both in school and in everyday life.
Includes:
Accepting Compliments
Am I Being Bossy?
Bragging
Interrupting
Manners
Personal Space
Playing With Friends
Rumors
Saying Sorry
Keeping My Hands to Myself
Sharing
Being a Good Listener
Table Manners
Telling the Truth
Social stories use a calm, reassuring tone to explain social situations in a way that is easy for children to understand. They are particularly helpful for children on the autism spectrum, who may struggle with social cues and experience anxiety when faced with new situations. By clearly outlining expectations and providing guidance, social stories help children navigate various social interactions with confidence.
For optimal use, we recommend reviewing these stories regularly. To make the stories more accessible, consider placing them in a display book or laminating and binding the pages.
2 HOURS - NEW PSHE / Careers lesson for 2026, perfect for students to begin to assess and develop their personal skills, strengths, interests, qualities and values in relation to their future career paths. This lesson covers both Gatsby Guidelines and the DfE’s new 2026 RSHE Guidelines / PSHE Association’s objectives for Living in the Wider World KS3. Everything is editable. engaging and easy to follow. Lesson plan included.
Students will discover their own personal skills, strengths, interests, qualities and values by assessing examples, completing progress templates, creative and fun tasks, video clip tasks, partnered activities and much more. They will then investigate the employability skills their potential future employers are looking for in the modern world, and see just how much their personal attributes have already started to apply. They will also set realistic but ambitious goals about those they wish to develop and begin thinking about how their interests and values could also help them decide upon a career path.
This is taken from the new 2026 COMPLETE SECONDARY PSHE Package
This contains all the new DfE RSHE 2026 topics - AI deepfakes, sextortion, chatbots, brain development, coercive control, online misogyny, harmful behaviour online and so much more.
We are confident you’ll be pleased with this resource – however, if you have any issues at all, contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk and we’ll help you straight away. If you try to contact us through Tes we may not for be alerted for days so may not be able to help you on time.
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This is a self assessment for children about their social skills. It may help you to see where they think they are at in terms of their own social skills. Good to do before and after work on social skills or friendships.
This is a self assessment for children about their social skills. It may help you to see where they think they are at in terms of their own social skills. Good to do before and after work on social skills or friendships.
Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Clip Art
Description
Support pupils in developing the essential social skills they need to thrive in the classroom and beyond with this practical primary resource pack. Covering conversation, conflict resolution, emotional recognition, and core social competencies, this pack gives teachers and support staff a versatile set of tools to explicitly teach and reinforce positive social behaviour at KS1 and KS2.
Building social skills in the primary years is fundamental to pupils’ wellbeing, relationships, and readiness to learn. This pack brings together four complementary resources that address key areas of social development, from initiating conversations and reading emotional cues to navigating conflict and understanding what effective teamwork looks like. Each component is designed to be accessible and engaging for primary-aged pupils, and can be used flexibly across whole-class, small group, or individual intervention settings.
What’s Included
A 4 page PDF containing the following:
Conversation Starters – A grid of 36 ready-to-use conversation prompt cards designed to help pupils initiate and sustain dialogue with peers.
Conflict Resolution Cards – A set of six scenario-based discussion cards presenting realistic classroom conflicts alongside a guiding question for each.
Social Skills Overview – A visual reference chart mapping key social competencies across four domains. This chart provides a clear framework for teachers and support staff to identify target skills for individual pupils or to use as a basis for structured social skills programmes.
Social Cues Activity Sheet – A draw-and-match worksheet in which pupils complete the facial expressions of six characters to match a named emotion.
How to Use
Use the Social Skills Overview at the start of a programme or term to identify focus areas for your class or individual pupils, then draw on the other three components to practise those skills in context. The Conversation Starters work well as a warm-up activity during morning meetings or PSHE lessons, while the Conflict Resolution Cards are well suited to circle time, RSHE discussions, or small group intervention work. The Social Cues Activity Sheet can be used as a standalone lesson starter or as part of a broader emotions and wellbeing unit.
Grade Levels: KS1 and KS2
File Format: PDF (printable and projectable)
**Note: **This is a digital download only.
The “My Friendship Toolkit” resource is a colorful, student-friendly visual designed to help children develop confidence and independence in navigating social situations. It presents practical, emotional, and communication strategies in a fun and accessible format.
Recommended Age Range:
Ages 7–12
(Year 3–Year 7 / Grades 2–6)
Also appropriate for older SEN or EAL students who benefit from visual, scaffolded social-emotional support.
MEETS NEW 2026 DfE GUIDANCE - In this lesson students will investigate what communication skills are, why communication skills are so important and how everyone can develop or improve on them with practice. Students are given practical activities to help improve their communication skills in pairs or small groups and will set their own skills targets. Includes practical, analysis, clip and creative activities. Suitable for KS3 or KS4. Includes lesson plan.
This lesson is taken from the new EC Publishing Complete 2026 PSHE Package which can be found at the EC Publishing website. Everything is editable and easy to pick up and run with and includes future DfE updates too.
This has been written to cover the 2026 PSHE guidance from the DfE and PSHE Association for RSHE.
You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk
Who are EC Resources?
EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
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This FRIENDSHIP intervention planning resource pack is ready to go. Just print and deliver!
This pack is suitable for WHOLE CLASS as well as group work. If there are teachers out there who have children who just don’t get along then try running this as an intervention during PSHE time. Each lesson will take approximately 40 minutes to an hour.
It is perfect for an ELSA or teaching assistant who has to work with a group of children with friendship issues.
Included in this pack:
FRIENDS certificates (children colour in a letter after each lesson and take them away at the end of the intervention).
7 planning sessions which could be done over several weeks.
40 positive friendship cards
The Key to deserving good friends worksheet
Five posters looking at skills for empathy.
Skills for empathy bookmarks for the children to take away
A ‘Friend’ venn worksheet.
Heart friends template
How to apologise bookmark for the children to take away after the lesson.
Students should try to guess the top answer of each question
all questions have percentage marks
Students should add up their own points
Could always ask them which is the answer they should do in the situation if wanted. Its not necessarily the top answer though.