Description
Are you searching for purposeful social skills activities for middle school and high school students? It’s a difficult topic, and it is hard to find something age-appropriate for your speech and language sessions. Check out this no print resource designed to work on a variety of functional, real-world problem-solving scenarios for teens.
Great for pragmatics in speech therapy social skills groups or one-on-one sessions.
Add these social skills activities to your digital toolkit! Perfect for speech teletherapy.
Working on pragmatics is difficult. Working on pragmatics with middle schoolers and high schoolers is even harder. Use this thorough product designed to work on a variety of social skills activities within the community. These interactive activities will give your students control of the situations and questions presented.
Pragmatic Concepts Targeted With This Product:
- Topic maintenance
- Initiating conversations
- Asking & answering questions
- Identifying non-verbal aspects of language
- Identifying the problem & solution
- Spontaneously seeking assistance
- Asking questions to clarify
► Are you struggling to engage your middle and high school students in conversation?
► Do you need functional language activities that are age-appropriate?
► Do you want a structured activity that covers a variety of pragmatic goals?
► Do you need activities that work for one-on-one sessions and group sessions?
✅ WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Situation Cards
- 16 situations with fill-in-the-blank responses
- These situations are the most basic and result in a straightforward answer.
Social Conversations
- Pages discussing “Introducing Yourself and Starting Conversation”, “Asking & Answering Questions”, and “Body Language”.
- 18 multiple-choice questions
Pick Your Adventure Pragmatics Book
- The student makes 3 choices: Choose a store, choose if they are shopping or browsing, choose if they are alone or with friends
- When the choices have been made, the students is given a scenario for the choices picked. There are 24 possible options to choose from with fill-in-the-blank answers.
- These scenarios require more complex social thinking and awareness.
Social Experience Web Maps
- “Going to the doctor”, “Going to a restaurant”, and “Going to the hair salon”
- Start at the beginning of the experience and make your way to the end, with various social situations presented. The student is asked to find solutions incorporating many pragmatic skills with fill-in-the-blank answers.
Personal Reflection Worksheet
- Single page with questions about difficult social situations and how to overcome them.
Depending on your student’s needs, there are 80 social scenarios and options to include custom-made ones.
▶️ Test this resource out! Click here to play a live preview on the Boom website!
Download the PDF preview above and zoom in to see more sample questions.
SLPS AND EDUCATORS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I love using this in my social skills class and with student who have pragmatic deficits. They love that they can make their own choices and feel in control of the activity. The open ended options give my students the ability to think on their own and practice what THEY would say, not what someone else would.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“My students LOVE this resource. The “self-directed” aspect of the resource keeps them engaged throughout the session. I love the functionality, as I use it with primarily older students, it’s nice that the targets are real life situations they will likely be experiencing. I would buy again any day!”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Loved using this with my middle schoolers with autism and pragmatic deficits. Tons of real-life situations and functional targets, thank you!”
⭐ RELATED PRODUCTS ⭐
This is a BOOM Cards™️, digital version of the best seller:
Teen Community Social Skills
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WHAT ARE BOOM CARDS?
Boom Cards are digital task cards that you play on the Boom Learning website. They are easy and fun to use!
- No printing, cutting, laminating
- Interactive
- Self-grading
- Use with internet-connected devices: computers, tablets, Smartboards
- Data tracking with a paid subscription
You will receive a link to the task cards on the Boom Learning website when you download this resource. You will be asked to sign in to your account or create a free account. All purchased decks can be found in your Library. Boom Cards are accessed and used on the Boom Learning website. There is no need to download, save, or print.
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. Use this resource on a tablet, computer, or Smartboard!
This is a digital product that will be available for download upon purchase. Due to the nature of this product, there are no returns.
Copyright © Allison Fors, Inc. All rights reserved by author.
Do not share this document with anyone or upload it to the Internet or your website. Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form is strictly forbidden. Do not modify or alter this document. Permission to reproduce for individual use only. If you would like to share with other therapists or teachers, please purchase additional licenses or direct them to my store. You may share individual pages with the families with whom you work.









Bridget S. –
Excellent Materials!: My students love interacting with boom cards and this set is great for teaching activities of daily living.
Maria C. –
Thank you!: Thank you, this was a fun activity for my students.
Elizabeth H. –
Excellent resource: This was a great resource for my CBI students, relevant scenarios
Elisabeth W. –
Good resource: This was exactly what I was looking for. It was easy to read and use. Thanks!
Very Visual SLP –
Excellent resource for reinforcing social skills from home!
Spencer S. –
Great interactive resource for teletherapy. Engaging and practical.
Dina Kospetas –
This was a great resource for working on conversation skills! thank you!
Cara S. –
Thank you, this was very comprehensive. Still have to explore all of it!
Kaylyn Johnson –
I used this with some students with Autism. With Autism it is hard because each student is so different and you need to give them guided prompts sometimes to help them be successful with this activity. I think the pictures threw off some of my kids such as when working on non verbal body language. One of my kids got stuck on why they were going to the doctor instead of answering the questions. So each student is different. I think it is a VERY well done resource and social language is hard to teach virtually so because of that I think it is very good if you can modify it to fit your child’s needs. Also I think having more previews of the different activities would be helpful. I think if I had seen that I would have gotten the elementary one instead. With the preview you can only see like 2 slides and do not get a real good idea of what all is targeted and how. Love your products! I am a returning customer!
Stacey D. –
This is a great resource to use for distance learning with my high school students!
Lillian Cary –
This is great
Amy L. –
My students enjoyed this activity because they could type their answers.
mara F. –
perfect for my special ed students with mild autism and emotional difficulties
Sprinkles and Special Ed –
Thank you for a great resource.
Julie P. –
Great resource!
Hannah M. –
I really like how this boom card deck gives so many different scenarios for my teens to practice with!
Lynlee B. –
LOVE THIS RESOURCE! What an amazing resource for high school+ students with social language goals. My students have enjoyed the interactive aspect of the Boom Cards. It is a great way to be able to track data and allow them to work on such important skills while being home during school closures.
Elise M. –
This is an awesome social skills resource for those older clients who require support. I have found it diffiuclt to find age appropriate social resources however this one hits the nail on the head. Thank you so much!
Cortnee A. –
Thank you for sharing this online interactive teen social skills activity! My older students enjoyed it 🙂
Susan F. –
The selection options were at a level too low for the secondary students I used this for, however, the opened ending items were perfect. The fields to type responses were great for distance learning and providing a visual.
Samaris Ferrer –
Excellent resource! Very age appropriate.
Lupita G. –
Love this! It is great because of the different scenarios and different formats to work on social skills.
The Fluffy SLP –
I enjoyed this no-prep social skills resource. I used this with adult clients and they found it enjoyable. The scenarios are relatable and are not ‘childish’.
Patricia T. –
good
Matthew M. –
Great product that can be used for remote learning activities and as digital activities in the classroom. Thanks!
Merritt Green –
Great resource-thank you!
Emily M. –
These Boom cards are very thorough! I love how functional the situations are and how the complexity increases as you advance through the decks.
Kim B. –
Nice activity for distance learning to work on pragmatic language
Jessica T. –
Great
Haley N. –
I like the variety of activities included in this resource and my students liked the navigation and interaction in the layout.
Lauri P. –
So helpful for teletherapy!
Amy B. –
This resource was perfect for my students during our distance learning. It’s well organized and has very good practice material!
Lindsay K. –
Great resource for kids in a social skills class. We were able to focus on expanding sentences, emotions, verbally responding to social situations and make up stories related to social situations.
Katie Calnon –
My students loved this! It is easy to navigate and engaging. Very functional and practical topics for teens.
Denise W. –
It’s rare I am able to find activities appropriate for my high schoolers, but this one fits the bill! Able to discuss many scenarios, it sparks interesting conversation, and my students are able to work on their social skills in an enjoyable way that’s not “work”! Thank you for taking the time to compile!
Laura Moyer –
Loved the variety of activities to choose from. I also love that activities related to functional life skills.
Allison R. –
This is AMAZING. I am absolutely obsessed with these resources! Thank you!
Alexandra A. –
My students loved using this resource in their sessions! they are great conversation starters and are so easy to access. Would definitely recommend!
Ashli G. –
Great interactive activity!
R G –
Great resource for teletherapy and in face to face therapy.
Mylynn L. –
I use this with a bunch of my students. I typically do group sessions and this boom set is amazing and targets most of my students goals.
Supporting the Spectrum –
love it
Elizabeth D. –
Great resource for teaching social skills in the community since we cannot go into the community right now.
Kaitlin N. –
My students found this to be fun and it was a great way to make social skills applicable to community settings. Thank you!
Rhonda H. –
My students love using the boom cards. It was very interactive and engaging and just the perfect level for my students!
Lauren K. –
great resource!
Jessica M. –
Love this resource with my older students!! They enjoyed pretending to go to different places in the community and figuring out what they should/shouldn’t do!
Rebecca M. –
Good way to practice social skills knowledge. Student enjoyed the activity on boom.
Loni Ravnik –
Great for building on social skills.
Jaime M. –
Fantastic resource to add to my therapy materials.
More Than Words –
Good resource!
Marisa L. –
This was such a huge help to me during our school closure! It was amazing to be able to plug and play rather than recreate the wheel, and my students were engaged and continued making progress toward their goals. I still use it from time to time in person as well!
Hannah C. –
Functional activities with open-ended/complex answers are more realistic than many multiple choice tasks
amy B. –
Great activity for my transition age students! My students really enjoyed this!
Jill Z. –
Great resource!
The Octopus SLP –
This has been easy to use with my high school life skills students! We also discuss expected and unexpected behaviors and related problem solving.
kristina P. –
very helpful!
Rosa W. –
I love Boom Cards! Students love them and they keep data for me. What more can I ask for?
April C. –
The Boom Cards make these much for tolerable for my students to work on. They don’t typically like to work on social skills so the Boom Cards make it more fun for them. Thank you!
Katie J. –
These have been perfect for my life skill students! We’ve used this resource for remote learning and in person learning.
Megan T. –
Really great resource that can be used with a wide variety of kids and abilities.
Janise C. –
The students like the instant feedback.
Tiffany H. –
Great activity to use with my middle schoolers!
Alexandria C. –
Great for remote learning. Kept my students engaged and targeted a wide range of goals.
Kaitlin A. –
Useful even for my upper elementary pragmatic students.
Emily Elliott –
My students LOVE this resource. The “self-directed” aspect of the resource keeps them engaged throughout the session. I love the functionality, as I use it with primarily older students, it’s nice that the targets are real life situations they will likely be experiencing. I would buy again any day!
Michelle’s Communication Corner –
I loved the variety targeted in this resource!
Stephanie C. –
I love using this in my social skills class and with student who have pragmatic deficits. They love that they can make their own choices and feel in control of the activity. The open ended options give my students the ability to think on their own and practice what THEY would say, not what someone else would.
Erin M. –
Love this resource and the layout, kept the students engaged for sure.
Lauren H. –
Really great boom card deck/resource for older students. Love how functional it is.
Lindsi SLP –
My students love this resource almost as much as I do. It gives me some variety in my social skills sessions, and they enjoys the changes as well. This was a perfect resource for remote learning as well!
Brittany S. –
thank you!
Jennifer Atkins –
Kept students engaged throughout the session. Fun resource to bridge social communication from structured tasks to more spontaneous interactions.
Chloe Elizabeth SLP –
This resource is great. Love the different options and was able to target a lot of goals!
Julie Graham –
Nice resource to have – sparked conversations about student’s community
Hillary G. –
I used this in speech therapy with my students who were working on learning behaviors to foster friendships.
Amanda P. –
Great for my older students!
Rachel Z. –
Such a great resource! I love using it with my HS social group!
Simply Speech Tools –
Great resource!
Kaitlyn B. –
Love this resource!
Emily Borden –
I love the “pick your adventure” option. It reminds me of my childhood and it adds so much excitement to the lessons. The students feel like they really have control of what they are learning. The visuals are really nice. I love this activity.
Caitlin J. –
This was a fun and engaging resource for my kiddos with special needs!
Eleftheria M. –
Loved using this with my middle schoolers with autism and pragmatic deficits. Tons of real-life situations and functional targets, thank you!
Ramsey R. –
Loved using this to change up my normal. The scenarios were functional and great practice for my students.
Melinda F. –
Great resource! My students love it and can immediately apply it to everyday life.
Kimberley L. –
This activity has many wonderful situations. I use this with a tenth grader. I wasn’t sure if he liked it or not until the next time we met. He asked to do the cards. He really appreciates being able to choose what type of situation to work on.
Hannah S. –
Love all the options with this resource! It also is very functional, as it uses real life scenarios!
Karin K. –
Great resource targeting a wide variety of social communication skills, thanks!
Amy R. –
An interesting way to target social skills and pragmatics.
Margo Simmons –
A great resource for older students working on social skills!
Stephanie M. –
I love this resource. Having the different locations to visit and then coming up with what to say depending on the situation is very useful for my students. We can work on many different skills – conversation, problem solving, asking and answering question, etc.
Saylor Speech –
Love this resource!
LeeAnne N. –
Thank you was a great time saving resource so I didn’t have to re invent the wheel!
Samantha F. –
Even though it says “Teen” this helped my adult sister continue her community skills at home. IT makes it easy for me to see where her skill comprehension is at and a great at home supplement after school. It would be great if there was an option to not have it say teen because my sister loves pointing out, she’s and adult but boom cards are her favorite way of learning. I wish there were more boom cards for SPED Adults!
Paige B SLP –
love using this with my high school students working on community skills.
Skye H. –
Great resource, lovely visuals and scenarios to talk through
Amy M. –
This is a fun and engaging way to target these skills with older students!
Jade P. –
My clients love this resource. Easy to use and just what they need.
Jenna N. –
This is a really fun way to practice these important functional skills- students love that it’s not another worksheet!