Social Strategies are tools for enhancing social skill acquisition.  They are written to describe social situations that may be new, difficult, or confusing to a child. Strategies are written to provide the child with a description of the events and reactions that might occur in a particular situation. Strategies may also remind the student of actions and reactions that are expected of him/her in social settings.

We may use teaching approaches such as

Power cards

Social stories

Visuals

Social Games

Comic strip conversations

Flow charts and check lists

Power Cards are a tool for helping a child to change their thinking around a situation or to work on an unwanted, inappropriate behavior by capitalizing on an interest, person or character that has special meaning for the child.

A brief text or story that is related to the special interest, person or character is combined with an illustration and made into a small, portable card, such as a bookmark or business card,  that the child can carry with him and refer to whenever necessary.

Visuals help support communication, particularly for learners who find receptive and expressive language difficult to process.

Here are some examples

Power card about playing Tag

An example of supporting sibling relationships using an ariel mermaid powercard