Peer support system

Facilitate social activities with peers

1-1 social skills intervention - think about perspective taking

ZOR

Visuals - Social expectations

BSP

Reward system

Building a positive classroom culture (i.e. peer support, modelling, etc.)

Share stories of accepting failures, making mistakes.

Introduce growth mindset for confidence.

Teach specific skills like:

• How to initiate conversations

• Turn-taking in dialogue

• Understanding body language and tone

• Active listening and showing interest

Use role-play, videos, or social stories to demonstrate appropriate behavior.

Create a circle of friends for the support (Tap on peer support leaders)

Assign buddies whom he can relate to

Communication with all his subject teachers on his potential triggers and allow him to ask for time out when things are overwhelming

Daily check in to pre amp potential escalation of emotions

identify peers that student is keen on developing peer relationships with and create opportunities for student to learn and practice social communication skills.

use of small visual cards that student can bring around, listing strategies of emotional regulation that student is keen on using

Get him to practice his social skills with the peer supporters identified? If the school doesn’t have a peer supporter programme, consider nominating students who are student councilors/OGLs/ subject reps who have good work habits and the right disposition to look out for him and support him