What do you notice about the child or young person?

Social Interaction

The child or young person may:

• be socially isolated
• become tense and anxious in social settings
• be aware of peers having friendships, but lack strategies to make friends
• have difficulty picking up on social cues
• behave in a socially inappropriate way.

Social Communication

The child or young person may:

• be slow to develop speech
• have formal and pedantic language
• have a monotonous voice
• have difficulty in interpreting non-verbal communication-body language, facial expression and gesture
• interpret language literally and may fail to grasp implied meanings.

Social Imagination

The child or young person may:

• have difficulty with sequencing events
• have difficulty with change in routines
• have differences in creative thought & play
• have difficulty with transferring skills
• resist new experiences
• have difficulty predicting and understanding others’ behaviour
• have ‘special interests’.

Last updated 6 August 2021