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Conversation skills/Social thinking 
Rubric for Social thinking progress
Rubric Code: RX87428
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Subject: Communication  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

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  Needs Instruction

1 pts

Emerging

2 pts

Developing

3 pts

Mastery

4 pts

Getting Listener's Attention

Needs Instruction

Speaks without gaining the listener's attention.
Emerging

Gains attention appropriately (i.e. saying the listener's name) before speaking with consistent adult prompts.
Developing

Gains attention appropriately (i.e. saying the listener's name) before speaking with minmal adult prompts.
Mastery

Gains attention appropriately (i.e. saying the listener's name) before speaking independently.
Looking/Body Language

Looking/Body Language

Needs Instruction

Does not look at person during a conversation.
Emerging

Looks at person during the conversation when prompted, and then looks away.
Developing

Looks at person during the conversation with minmal adult prompts.
Mastery

Looks at person during the conversation without adult prompts.
Starting a Conversation

Brings up a topic (question or comment).

Needs Instruction

Does not initiate talking to anyone.
Emerging

Generates/Asks a question or statement on a topic of mutual interest/knowledge to the listener to start a conversation with moderate assistance in structured activities.
Developing

Generates/Asks a question or statement on a topic of mutual interest/knowledge to the listener to start a conversation with minimal assistance in structured and unstructured activities.
Mastery

Generates/Asks a question or statement on a topic of mutual interest/knowledge to the listener to start a conversation independently.
Maintaining a Conversation

Asks questions to gain information about the communication partner and maintain conversation

Needs Instruction

Does not ask questions related to the listener's topic/interests.
Emerging

Generates/Asks questions about the listener's statements with moderate assistance in structured activities.
Developing

Generates/Asks questions about the listener's statements with minimal assistance in structured and unstructured activities.
Mastery

Generates/Asks questions about the listener's statements independently in structured and unstructured.
Topic Maintenance

Stays on topic

Needs Instruction

Does not stay on topic.
Emerging

Stays on topic with moderate assistance.
Developing

Stays on topic with minmal assistance.
Mastery

Stays on topic independently.
Ending Conversation

Appropriately ends a conversation before leaving.

Needs Instruction

Does not end a conversation and just walks away.
Emerging

Appropriately ends a conversation with consistent adult prompts.
Developing

Appropriately ends a conversation with occasional adult prompts.
Mastery

Appropriately ends a conversation independently.
social expectations

Is able to identify expected and unexpected behaviors

Needs Instruction

Is not able to identify when a behavior is sociailly innapropriate or unexpected by others
Emerging

Has a very basic understanding of socially expected and unexpected behaviors (such as society rules)
Developing

Clearly identifies when a behavior is expected or unexpted, however needs prompts in understanding others thoughts or feelings
Mastery

Clearly identifies when a behavior is expected or unexpected and used the social mapping.
flexibility

Is able to accept changes without interupting the activity

Needs Instruction

Is not able to handle change and displays unexpected behaviors and needs a lot of support
Emerging

Open to change, however needs a lot of information and support to get through it succcessfully
Developing

May show some anxiety over change however is able to self regulate with minimal support
Mastery

Appropriatly handles change in various situations even when they may have felt anxiety
Unthinkables

Is able to identify at least 3 of the unthinkable characters/problems

Needs Instruction

Is not able to identify any of the characters in themselves or others
Emerging

May know the name of the character but not the problem or how to solve it and is not able to identify character problems in thermselves but can sometimes see them in others
Developing

Knows the characters and problems but has difficulty knowing what strategy should be used
Mastery

Can identify most of the characters and the problems they create and knows some basic strategies to help them
self assesment

Has the ability to self evaluate their behaviors in different social situations

Needs Instruction

Does not have the ability to self evaluate and may be defensive if told
Emerging

might not be able to self evaluate but can understand that their perception of themselves may not be how others see them
Developing

Can evaluate some behaviors but still needs prompts or explanations
Mastery

Can adequatly assess themselves in both positive and negative situations
Social fake

knows when or why to it is appropriate to use the social fake

Needs Instruction

Does not understand the concept of the social fake or why its important
Emerging

Understands that people do the social fake but is reluctant to do it themselves
Developing

May attempt to do the social fake but still needs prompts
Mastery

Displays ability to do the social fake in appropriate situations



Keywords:
  • Social Skills, Conversations, Listening, Nonverbal Language







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