MEET THE SOCIAL WORKER – GET TO KNOW YOU GAME – Back to School Activities

Are you looking for a fun, interactive way to build rapport with students, and help them feel more comfortable reaching out for support? Unlock Your School Social Worker – This or That Assumptions Game is our engaging digital Meet the School Social Worker activity designed to help students get to know their school social worker while creating meaningful opportunities for the social worker to learn more about students too.

Perfect for back to school activities, school social worker introductions, individual sessions, small groups, classroom visits, SEL lessons, and beginning-of-year relationship building, this interactive PowerPoint game turns getting to know one another into a playful guessing experience. Students make fun assumptions about their school social worker, choose between two possible answers, and then “unlock” a follow-up question that encourages them to share something about themselves.

Using an engaging This or That game format, students make predictions about their school social worker’s personality, preferences, experiences, and interests. Each choice leads to a different conversation prompt, creating natural opportunities for laughter, curiosity, communication, self-expression, and connection.

Rather than simply explaining the school social worker’s role through a traditional introduction, this interactive getting to know you game invites students to participate, predict, share, and discover. As students learn more about their school social worker, the social worker can also gain valuable insight into students’ interests, preferences, experiences, and what helps them feel safe and comfortable connecting with supportive adults at school.

Skills & Connections Students Will Build

• Student–school social worker rapport
• Communication skills
• Conversation skills
• Active listening
• Self-expression
• Social awareness
• Identifying similarities and differences
• Confidence sharing thoughts and ideas
• Relationship building
• School connectedness
• Help-seeking awareness
• Comfort connecting with trusted adults at school

What’s Included

• Fully interactive Unlock Your School Social Worker This or That PowerPoint Game
• Fun school social worker assumption questions
• Two clickable choices for each assumption
• Different follow-up conversation prompts based on students’ choices
• Engaging key and unlocking theme throughout the game
• Lighthearted questions that help students discover more about their school social worker
• Student-centered prompts that help the social worker learn more about students too
• Opportunities for meaningful conversation and relationship building
• Questions that support connection and comfort with seeking help
• Replay option for continued discussion and engagement

IMPORTANT TECH NOTE

This resource requires the desktop version of Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows or Mac). It is not compatible with Google Slides, PowerPoint Online, or Chromebooks without PowerPoint installed.