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Off-Topic/On-Topic

4 minutes 4 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned and Described (English)

Recognizing off-topic and on-topic conversational comments and questions are key areas for this social skills video lesson. Through the lesson's activities, students with visual impairments will become more familiar with how to build conversations with peers and adults. The end goal is for the students to carry these social skill strategies into real life.Part of the "Social Skills Cinema" series.

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Runtime: 4 minutes 4 seconds

Topic: Blind Life, Language Arts, Social Science
Subtopic: Blind - General, Communication, Social Issues
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2012
Producer/Distributor: Texas Committee For The Education Of Students With Visual Impairments
Series: Social Skills Cinema

Girl and boy sit at a desk across from 1 another and play Connect 4. Caption. You see what she's doin'? What do you need to block her?

3 teenagers in formal attire stand next to 1 another. A smiling boy in center wraps his arm around a smiling girl to his right. Caption. It's about dressing for success.

Young woman with white cane walks on the sidewalk past a grassy field lined with trees. Title card reads, "Rewind button." Caption. Female as narrator. Have you ever just wanted a rewind button?

Closeup of a small group of children surrounding a pyramid of blue plastic cups. They hold strings that are wrapped around the cups. Caption. Forward, forward, forward.

Young woman is surrounded by people, some of whom reach toward her with concern. Caption. Woman as narrator. What's going on? What happened?

Boy sits and looks at an open book in a library setting. Another boy leans over him and a woman stands behind him. A girl sits next to him with an open book as she looks toward him. Caption. Yeah, dude. Hannah confused me.

Group of teenagers sit in a row facing a woman with a guitar. Caption. Tell me what you think the topic of the song is.

Woman sits at a desk and looks down at a few papers while a girl in glasses sits across from her. Caption. Today we're going to talk about problems.

3 boys sit around a table. 2 have their hands raised. They look toward a woman sitting across from them with her back to camera. Caption. All right, who wants to start?

Smiling young woman looks off camera. Text over image reads, "Bingo!" with a check mark below. Caption. Selena comes in with a smile.