Social skills allow us to communicate and problem solve. For students with special needs and more specifically, our friends with Autism, we need to teach them these skills.This 12-page How to Make Friends booklet teaches students actions that good friends do and actions that good friends do not do. At the end of the story, students take the Best Friend Pledge. How do I use this in my classroom?After reading the story, use the blank sorting mat and sorting mat cards to reinforce what your student