Social initiation refers to the ability to begin interactions. Some children have adequate skills to initiate interactions (often to serve their own needs or talk about topics of interest) but have difficulty with socially responding to the questions or comments of others.

Non –Verbal Communication:– the ability to read and understand the nonverbal cues of others and to clearly express thoughts, feelings, and intentions through facial expressions, gestures, and body language

Social Cognition:– the manner in which they process social information. Social cognition involves understanding the thoughts, intentions, motives, and behaviors of ourselves and others (Flavell, Miller, & Miller, 1993; Lerner, Hutchins, & Prelock, 2011). As such, it impacts the success of social functioning. Knowing and understanding social norms, customs, and values is essential to healthy social interactions and is influenced by our social cognition (Bauminger, 2011).

Social reciprocity refers to the give-and-take of social interactions. Successful social interactions involve a mutual back-and-forth exchange between two or more individuals.