Asking For Help At School: A Social Communication Activity
by Pear Tree Speech © 2026
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Price: $4 USD
Subjects: speech,expressiveLanguage,pragmatics,receptiveLanguage,socialAspectsOfCommunication
Grades: 1,2,3,4,5
Description
Practice asking for help and social communication skills with this engaging school themed deck. This 40-page deck targets functional communication skills like identifying a problem, knowing who to ask for help, and clearly stating what you need. What's inside: -Teaching pages covering how to identify the problem, who can help at school, and how to ask for help the right way -27 realistic school scenario cards each featuring a student, their name, and a situation where they need help -Three discussion questions on every scenario card: what is the problem, who could help, and what could the student say -Five open ended bonus pages where students and therapists can discuss real life situations the student has experienced or practice for situations that might come up in the future Skills targeted: asking for help, functional communication, pragmatic language, social communication, problem solving, self advocacy, social skills, speech therapy, elementary students Great for: speech therapy, teletherapy, social skills groups, individual or group sessions, students with autism, social communication disorders, early elementary, upper elementary Made by a real SLP.
Acknowledgements
The images in this deck were created using Adobe Firefly, an AI image generation tool. AI was also used to assist in generating some of the peer details including interests and weekend activities, in order to reflect a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and interests relevant today's older students. The activity itself is an original concept developed by a licensed speech-language pathologist based on real clinical experience working with older students on pragmatic language and social communication skills. AI tools were used solely to enhance the activity, not to replace the clinical thinking and design behind it.