Once upon a time, there were autistic, ADHD, and anxious students who struggled to receive social feedback from others.

Some students believed receiving social feedback meant someone was picking on them or even bullying them. These students sometimes had big reactions to receiving feedback.

Other students learned to apologize when they received social feedback, which led to them apologizing even when they didn't really mean it, and even when they didn't understand what exactly they were apologizing for.

And then there were students who tried to hide or minimize parts of themselves in order to avoid getting social feedback in the first place.

I created this lesson for all of these students.

In this lesson, students learn three different ways we can respond to feedback, why apologizing is sometimes the best choice, and we talk about scenarios when apologizing isn't necessary or even appropriate. We also discuss how to respond when someone apologizes to us, especially if it's for something that was not okay. And we end the lesson with having a conversation about over-apologizing, which a lot of students, unfortunately, can relate to.