Me and My World™ Social Skills Teaching System
Joshua Center for Neurological Disorders changing lives since 1996
Me and My World™ Social Skills Teaching System
Board Game and Curriculum for Elementary through High School
Changing Children’s Lives One Game at a Time
Teach social skills with fun and engaging board games. Help children navigate through life with greater ease and success. Great for ALL children, but developed for children on the autistic spectrum, ADHD, and other neurological disorders. Proven effective with decades of hands-on testing.
Through these classes, we realized that board games helped the kids in many ways:
- Taking Turns
- Winning and losing
- Sharing
- Communication
- And more!
Social skills are a must in order to succeed in this world. Unfortunately, this does not come naturally to a significant segment of the population. The Joshua Center for Neurological Disorders, founded in 1996, determined that the key to helping these children become more successful is giving them the tools need for positive peer interaction. The Joshua Center experts, which include teachers and school counselors, have spent years developing and perfecting the Me and My World™ Social Skills Teaching System.
Me and My World™ Online Social Skills Curriculum includes more than 80 lessons that are aligned with the American School Counselors Association (ASCA) National Standards for Students. Each lesson addresses a specific objective and includes several activities, a list of all supplies needed, suggested children’s stories and the assigned Me and My World™ Game Card Deck.
Players take turns reading a scenario from a card, then discussing what they think is the appropriate response, option or action, and then advancing their pawn and collecting Dragon Tears along the way. Reading the cards out loud creates an opportunity to explore how different people handle different situations in different ways; build empathy, and discuss how decision making and behaviors affect outcomes.
Me and My World™ Teaching System – $599.00
Includes the following items in the package:
- Pirate / Sea Life Game Board
- 10 Pawns
- 2 Dice
- Dragon Tears
- 6 Dragon Tear Pads
- Instructions
- 71 Sets of Situation Cards and Access to the Me and My World Curriculum
And includes the following Game Card Sets, or the Game Card Decks sell for $10.00 each:
Am I a Bully? – recognizing when you’re the bully
Applying for a Job – skills needed to apply
Annoying Adrian – addressing negative peer relationships
Boundaries – grasping physical and emotional boundaries
Bullying Bob – responding to bullying
Chatter Matters – having appropriate conversations
Class Act – making smart choices in the classroom
Community Safety – making safety smart choices
Compassion – understanding what others are feeling and thinking about, and finding ways to help them
Compromise – willing to listen to other’s views
Courage – learn the importance of believing in yourself to move forward
Creativity – using your imagination
Dating – skills needed for success
Depression – recognizing symptoms that require help
Empathy – learning when and how to show support
Entitled – understanding you can’t have it all
Facing Fears – learning ways to successfully face fears
Fairness – treating others the way you want to be treated
Filters – understanding impact of impulsive actions and words
Fire Safety – making smart decisions regarding fire
Friendships – making and keeping friends
Generosity – treating people with kindness and support
Give and Take – understanding the importance of taking turns
Gratitude – thanking others for their help and support
Heart to Heart – be kind to family
Home Alone Safety – home safety rules
Home Sweet Home – handle family situations
Honesty – understanding the importance of integrity
Improving Self-Esteem – learn the importance to believe in one’s self and in one’s potential
Just Ask – understanding the importance of asking for help
Kindness – showing others kindness and support
Last is a Blast – handling being last
Left Out – understanding peer interactions
Life – young adult responsibilities
Listening to Authority – learn attitudes and interpersonal skills needed to listen and respect authority
Lunch Bunch – understanding lunch room expectations
Making Choices – learning that smart choices lead to success
Making Decisions – learn importance of considering others
Me First– knowing when to let others go first
Money Smarts – learning money management skills
Organization Station – learning school success skills
Peer Pressure Pete – reacting appropriately to peer pressure
Perspective Detective – understanding others
Public vs. Private – learning what is and is not acceptable
Resilience – viewing mistakes as opportunities for learning
Respect – showing respect to family, peers and community
Responsibility – understanding importance of smart decisions
Rules Police – learning you can’t always have your way
Safety Quotes – encouraging safety
School Fire Drill Safety – being safe and smart during drills
School Phobia – learning strategies for school fears
Self-Advocacy – identifying situations when you need to stand up for yourself
Self-Confidence – believing in yourself and your potential
Social Media Safety – making safe choices with the Internet
Speak Up – identifying and reporting potential tragedies
Stinky Stan – addressing personal hygiene
Stress is a Mess – dealing with stress and emotions
Study Skills – learning good skills for school success
Sunrise Sunset – morning and evening success
Time’s Up – understanding responsibility with electronics
Too Much Information – sharing responsibly
Transition Magician – being successful at home and school
Water Safety – learning good water and ice safety
Weathering the Storm – handling daily stressors
Witness – understanding impact of behaviors in public
You Bug Me – recognizes and curbs idiosyncrasies in themselves
Me & My World Informational Flyer
Speak Up for Schools Game Set – $99.00
When the Joshua Center for Neurological Disorders opened in 1996, our founder, Becky Ottinger, made it her mission to help children succeed in school, no matter their disability. After years of working with children with Tourette, High-Functioning Autism, OCD, and ADHD, our “Me and My World™ Social Skills Board Games and Curriculum” were developed. Children with neurological disorders often learn differently than others, so they need to be taught differently. Parents and educators have been thrilled with the success they’ve seen through our program. Schools have informed us they are not only utilizing our program with children with neurological disorders, but with neurotypical children, too.
After Sandy Hook Becky created Speak Up cards for the Me and My World™ set. As the nation struggles with keeping our children safe, we have added a new branch to our program called “Speak Up For Schools”. The school tragedies have shown us that often kids are afraid to speak up even when they’ve heard something. Just telling children to speak up isn’t enough. They need to discuss a variety of situations to know how to apply what they learn and that is where our program comes in. The “Speak Up For Schools” cards can be used in a variety of ways: educators can read a card a day over the intercom every morning and classes could discuss for a few minutes, smaller groups or classes could spend time going through the cards, or they can even be used one-on-one. The set sells for $99 and the cards are sorted by the following topics:
- Abuse
- Asking for Help
- Boundaries
- Bullying
- Community Safety
- Courage
- Depression
- Drugs
- Fear of Standing Up
- Goals
- Guns
- Kindness
- Internet
- Making Decisions
- Prevention
- School Safety
- Stealing
- Stress
- Threats
