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Asking Permission to Enter Boss’s Cabin |
Goal and Objectives
Goal: To teach a young adult how to politely and confidently enter the boss’s cabin and converse professionally.
Objectives:
The young adult will:
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- recognise the appropriate time to enter the cabin.
- learn how to appropriately enter and exit the boss’s office.
- demonstrate professional etiquette when interacting with their boss.
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Social Narrative
This narrative describes a social situation or activity and answers key questions: What, When, Where, Why and How. It helps individuals with special needs understand the appropriate behaviours and responses for similar situations.
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Pocket-sized cards featuring key images to help enhance visual memory, comprehension and communication skills by promoting an understanding of abstract concepts.
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Cue Cards
Visual cues to help support communication, promote positive actions, assist in social interactions, aid task completion, teach self-regulation and demonstrate expected behaviour.
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Visual cards to assist individuals with special needs to express their needs, emotions, comments and choices. This improves communication, reduces frustration and behavioural challenges, supports social interaction and promotes independence.
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Key and Important Simple Strategies Cards
K.I.S.S. Cards
Pocket-sized Do’s and Don’ts cards to help encourage appropriate behaviour and clarify right from wrong. They support emotional regulation, improve social skills, enhance choice-making, assist with transitions and routines and build confidence.
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Social narrative presented in a poster that can be printed and displayed at home or school.
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Power Script
Pocket-sized cards featuring positive affirmations that serve as an inner voice, providing motivation and boosting self-confidence.
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Poster version of Power Scripts with special characters and a space for inserting a child’s image for personalisation.
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Self Expression Through Use of Pictures Script
SETUP Script
This is a comic-style conversation based on a scenario related to the topic.
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An audio version of the narrative to help auditory learners.
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Video – Asking Permission to Enter Boss’s Cabin
A video version of the narrative to help visual learners.
Audio – Power Voice in Male Voice
Audio – Power Voice in Female Voice
| I am well prepared for the meeting. I enter with a smile and confidence, ready to give my best. I trust myself to try new things – Click here to play I write down the key points I want to discuss in the meeting, arrive on time and speak calmly and confidently – Click here to play I can ask for clarification if I need it. This will help me understand the topic better – Click here to play It’s fine to take time before responding. I can pause, think and then reply – Click here to play When my boss calls for a meeting, I find out what it is about and gather important documents related to the topic. Before I enter the meeting room, I take a deep breath and smile – Click here to play I am safe and I can deal with this moment – Click here to play Everyone’s ideas matter. I can also share my ideas. I can do this by speaking or writing – Click here to play I remain calm even in overwhelming situations. I can listen to others while sharing my ideas. It is okay to ask questions and learn from those around me – Click here to play | I am well prepared for the meeting. I enter with a smile and confidence, ready to give my best. I trust myself to try new things – Click here to play I write down the key points I want to discuss in the meeting, arrive on time and speak calmly and confidently – Click here to play I can ask for clarification if I need it. This will help me understand the topic better – Click here to play It’s fine to take time before responding. I can pause, think and then reply – Click here to play When my boss calls for a meeting, I find out what it is about and gather important documents related to the topic. Before I enter the meeting room, I take a deep breath and smile – Click here to play I am safe and I can deal with this moment – Click here to play Everyone’s ideas matter. I can also share my ideas. I can do this by speaking or writing – Click here to play I remain calm even in overwhelming situations. I can listen to others while sharing my ideas. It is okay to ask questions and learn from those around me – Click here to play |
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| This digital material has been developed by the Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini Inclusive Education Project, a unit of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam, as a collaborative offering in the service of our nation. |