Evidence for Social Situation Mapping
Social Situation Mapping
Social Situation Mapping (SSM) offers cognitive behavior strategies to teach individuals about the specific relationship between behaviors, others' perspectives, others' actions (consequences) and the student's own emotions about those around him or her. SBM is a visual tool that displays these abstract concepts through a flow chart. Intended for ages 8+, this strategy is most effective for students with solid language skills.
A collection of over 50 Social Situation Maps covers a range of topics for home, community, and the classroom. Social Situation Mapping is geared for use by parents and professionals to help those with social thinking challenges understand what behaviors are expected and unexpected in a way that makes sense to their way of thinking.
Social Situation Mapping Research Outcomes Project is Currently Closed. Please check back or email us a request to be notified about upcoming research projects.
Research Resources
Evidence-Based Concepts for Social Situation MappingCognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT); Perspective Taking & Theory of Mind; Social Skills; Visual Supports; Social Attention; Self-Awareness; Self-Regulation; Social Emotional Learning; Executive Functioning; ASD; Social Cognition; Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS); Response to Intervention (RTI)
Bauminger, N. (2007a). Brief report: Group social-multimodal intervention for HFASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1605-1615.
Bauminger, N. (2007b). Brief report: Individual social-multi-modal intervention for HFASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1593-1604.
Beaumont, R., & Sofronoff, K. (2008). A multi-component social skills intervention for children with Asperger syndrome: The junior detective training program. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(7), 743-753.