What is the Social Response Pyramid?™
The Social Response Pyramid™ is an educational tool developed by Laurel Falvo (formerly Laurel Hoekman). It is a visual representation of social understanding and social effectiveness--how we can better understand ourselves and others (including those with ASD) in order to develop and utilize strategies to increase the effectiveness of our responses. It can be used by anyone and for anyone!
The Pyramid helps people interact more effectively with others by understanding the CONTEXTS of each person in the interaction, the STRATEGIES that they have available to them (either innate or other strategies), and the potential effects of various RESPONSES (as well as how to repair an ineffective interaction). The Pyramid can be used to illustrate and understand various developmental strategies such as sensory integration, executive functioning, Gestalt processing, generalization, and theory of mind. It also helps to make sense of other teaching tools by highlighting the strengths and challenges of an individual and the gaps that need to be filled in order to experience success. Often use of the Pyramid does a great job of helping people to calmly work toward successful strategies in situations where emotions and interactions might have otherwise gotten out of control.
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Laurel has been training parents and professionals with this resource since 2007. Many customers have reported exciting success in using the Pyramid to explain social concepts and promote social effectiveness with a variety of students at home, at school, and even in therapy settings. One school in Japan is using the Pyramid with every child in the school! We'd love to hear how YOU are using the Pyramid. Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and we'll share those here!
