Social Skills

Tracks the journey of four students of special needs as they prepare for Ashwood School's debutante ball. First loves, fist fights and falls on the dance floor all combine with honest interviews with their parents, the school principal, and intimate moments captured in their homes plus a grand finale on the dance floor.

The voices of students with autism/ASD in 6th through 8th grade are the highlights of this 16-minute cutting-edge film.

Cognitive behavioral techniques are those which help a student to learn the thinking behind expected behaviors. Social Stories (developed by Carol Gray) are one type of cognitive behavioral technique for teaching students how to cope in a specific context or with specific people. Social Behavior Mapping is another complimentary method, which helps students to understand how our behaviors (expected and unexpected) impact how people feel, which then impacts how they treat us, which impacts how we feel about ourselves.

This professionally-produced video was written with elementary students in mind, but contains information about autism and social emotional lessons valuable to people of any age.