This Perspective Taking & Empathy Activities Social Problem Solving Scenario Cards resource will teach your older students the self-reflection skills necessary to make good decisions that will have a positive impact on others. Your students will learn to be proactive thinkers and consider others' feelings, thoughts, and point of view.

Your Students Will:

- Learn to use self-reflection and self-talk to guide what they say and do in real time.

- Make positive and responsible choices that will lead to positive outcomes.

- Learn to quickly assess any situation in real time.

- Gain stronger self-awareness, self-regulation, self-control, understanding, situational awareness, and social awareness skills.

- See an improvement in empathy, maturity_, professionalism, responsibility, relationships, friendships, and self-esteem._

What's Included?

1. Perspective Taking Lesson

2. One-Page Self-Reflection Flow Chart Visual Aid - Easy-to-follow Perspective Taking Steps To Guide Actions & Words

3. One-Page Self-Reflection Graphic Organizer Worksheet

• Great for use with the scenario cards or custom scenarios
• I love to use this in real time with my students when they are struggling to self-monitor and break down their plan.

4. Perspective Taking Steps Visual Support Boards - 3 Differentiated Levels of Support to reach all learners

• Maximal Support
• Moderate Support
• Minimal Support

5. 80 Perspective Taking Scenario Cards (covering a variety of people in a variety of settings):

• Family, Relatives, Friends, Neighbors, Teachers, Therapists, School Staff, Classmates, Community Workers, Strangers, Co-workers, Bosses Supervisors, etc.
• At Home (24 scenarios), At School (24 scenarios), In the Community (16 scenarios), At Work (16 scenarios - for HS students)

This Resource...

* is Printable for hands on engagement

* can easily be used digitally on any interactive whiteboard or with any digital annotation tool or app.

* is most useful for teaching perspective taking skills to middle school and high school students.

How to Use This Resource:

1. Choose a scenario card - Each scenario is presented as something you are ABOUT to do or say.

2. Consider if your plan will have a positive or negative impact on others by answering proactive thinking questions (use the one-page graphic organizer worksheet or the visual support boards to guide your self-reflection).

3. Based on your answers, decide if you should KEEP or CHANGE your plan.

Perspective taking can be difficult for many students, especially those with executive functioning challenges. Perspective taking requires a person to think ahead and beyond their own desires and viewpoints to gain a deeper understanding of others, the world around them, and their impact on people.

This social emotional skills scenarios and practice activity resource will equip students with understanding and respect for perspective taking, empathy, flexible thinking, situational awareness, and social problem solving. Through guided steps, it emphasizes proactive thinking in real time. It helps shape students into empathetic thinkers who consider others' feelings and thoughts BEFORE choosing actions or words.

* I use this Perspective Taking & Empathy resource DAILY with my high school students. It has led to a different more empathetic way of thinking for them. It is incredibly rewarding to watch my students learn to self-monitor and grow into mature, kind, patient, and understanding young adults right before my eyes. I hope you have the same success with your students!

Thank you for your interest! Enjoy!

* This resource is part of a Social Emotional Learning and Executive Functioning Practice Activities BUNDLE - Check it out to see this resource and more (and to save!)

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