Social Reasoning (30 Worksheets) - Reasoning

These activities target real-world communication and interpersonal decision-making skills, including interpreting social cues, understanding indirect language, managing conflict, reading tone, perspective-taking, boundary awareness, and recognizing mixed signals.

Designed for adult cognitive rehabilitation, these worksheets support practical, functional social reasoning skills needed for work, community participation, and everyday interactions.

Appropriate for therapists helping adults with:
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Stroke
• Concussion
• Executive function deficits
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Autism spectrum profiles
• Social communication challenges

Who Is This For?
These worksheets are not intended for diagnosis or medical treatment but may be used as cognitive stimulation or educational materials by:
✔ Occupational Therapists
✔ Neuropsychologists
✔ Psychologists
✔ Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs)
✔ Recreational Therapists
✔ Educators
✔ Adult learners and seniors seeking structured cognitive practice
Created by a licensed Occupational Therapist. No claims are made regarding therapeutic efficacy.

What’s Included (30 Worksheets)
Level 1 – Basic Social Skills - Foundational social reasoning including direct vs. indirect meaning, tone recognition, emotional inference, appropriate replies, and boundary awareness.
Worksheet 1.1 – Direct vs. Indirect Meaning
Worksheet 1.2 – What Do They Want? (Goal Identification)
Worksheet 1.3 – Emotion from Context (Basic Inference)
Worksheet 1.4 – Emotion from Facial Expression
Worksheet 1.5 – Appropriate Reply
Worksheet 1.6A – Tone Clues (Part A)
Worksheet 1.6B – Tone Clues (Part B)
Worksheet 1.7A – Boundary Basics (Work vs. Personal)
Worksheet 1.7B – Boundary Basics (Work vs. Personal)
Worksheet 1.8 – Small Talk vs. Task Talk
Worksheet 1.9 – Unspoken Social Rules

Level 2 – Moderate
Indirect requests, sarcasm detection, social repair strategies, apology quality, perspective-taking, and non-verbal cue interpretation.
Worksheet 2.1 – Indirect Requests
Worksheet 2.2 – Sarcasm Identification
Worksheet 2.3A – Next Best Step (Social Repair A)
Worksheet 2.3B – Next Best Step (Social Repair B)
Worksheet 2.4 – Two-Person Perspective
Worksheet 2.5 – Apology Quality (Effective vs. Ineffective)
Worksheet 2.6 – Non-Verbal Cues (Body Language)

Level 3 – Complex
Conflict de-escalation, ambiguous messaging, receiving feedback, oversharing judgment, manipulative language identification, and mixed verbal/non-verbal signals.
Worksheet 3.1 – Ambiguous Messages
Worksheet 3.2 – Conflict De-escalation
Worksheet 3.3 – Receiving Feedback & Criticism
Worksheet 3.4 – Boundary Judgment (Oversharing)
Worksheet 3.5 – Identifying Manipulative Language
Worksheet 3.6A – Mixed Signals (Words vs Behavior) A
Worksheet 3.6B – Mixed Signals (Words vs Behavior) B

Level 4 – Advanced Social Scene Inference
Visual social reasoning exercises analyzing posture, gaze, tension, escalation risk, and socially appropriate responses in real-world scenes.
Worksheet 4.1 – Social Scene Inference
Worksheet 4.2 – Social Scene Inference
Worksheet 4.3 – Social Scene Inference
Worksheet 4.4 – Social Scene Inference
Worksheet 4.5 – Social Scene Inference

How You Will Receive Your Files
• Instant digital download (PDF)
• Print on 8.5" x 11" paper
• Or use digitally on a tablet or iPad

License
For personal or single-practitioner use only.
You may use these with your own clients or students.
Redistribution, sharing, or resale is not permitted.
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