Who are these workplace scenario cards for?

Teachers, job coaches and SLPs working with teens and young adults in transition, vocational and life skills programs. The situations are real first-job moments, written at a secondary reading level without childish framing.

Do the cards show the correct answer?

No. The cards carry the situation and three responses only; the expected choice and the why line live on a separate teacher key page. A student can read a card independently without the answer leaking, and the choices are rotated so the right answer is not always A.

What if my student is non-speaking or uses AAC?

The deck is built for that. The teacher guide frames every answer as a workplace convention rather than a rule, and says plainly that a response can be spoken, signed, typed or made with a device. The customer-greeting card, for example, counts a smile, a wave, a nod or an AAC greeting as the right answer.

How do the three levels work?

Level 1, the student chooses from the three responses. Level 2, they explain why their choice works. Level 3, they role-play it with you using the role-play page. The data sheet tracks all three per card, and the portfolio sheet totals the wins for an IEP meeting.

What are the phone script cards?

Two wallet-size cut-out cards with the exact words for the two calls students dread most: calling in late and calling in sick. They go home with the student, in a wallet or a phone case.

Workplace Social Skills Scenario Cards cover: thirty what-would-you-do cards for the job, choose it, explain it, role-play it

A page of four workplace scenario cards, each with a photo, a situation, and three lettered responses

The teacher answer key page listing every card with its expected choice and the why line

The phone script wallet cards and role-play page, with steps for acting out a hard card

Workplace Social Skills Scenario Cards

Name: Workplace Social Skills Scenario Cards
Brand: Spectrum Unlocked
SKU: pack-workplace-social-skills
Price: 4.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Thirty what-would-you-do workplace cards for teens: real job situations with three responses each, a teacher answer key kept off the student cards, two wallet-size phone script cards for calling in late or sick, a role-play page, a reusable 30-row data sheet, a portfolio sheet, and copy-paste IEP goals. Three levels: choose, explain, role-play.

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A first job throws moments at a student that no worksheet covers: the boss changes the plan mid-task, an order goes wrong, a coworker is rude, the bus breaks down. These thirty cards practice exactly those moments. Each card is a real situation with three responses; the answers live on a separate teacher key, so the cards work for independent reading without giving anything away. The same deck runs at three levels, from choosing a response, to explaining why it works, to role-playing it, and two wallet-size phone scripts cover the calls students dread most: running late and calling in sick. The teacher guide frames every answer as a workplace convention rather than a rule, with room for the ways different students communicate.

What is included

Thirty what-would-you-do workplace cards across five groups: following directions, mistakes and feedback, coworkers, customers, and time and self-management
A teacher answer key with the why behind every card, kept off the student cards
Two wallet-size phone script cards: running late, and calling in sick
A role-play extension page and a conventions-not-rules teacher guide with two copy-paste IEP goals
A reusable 30-row data sheet and a student portfolio sheet
US Letter and A4 print files, everything single-sided

Formats, license and delivery

Formats: Print-ready PDF, US Letter and A4, everything single-sided. Color prints best; every page still reads in black and white.
License: Licensed for personal and single-classroom use by the purchaser. For another classroom or teacher, please add a license for each.
Delivery: The download unlocks the moment Stripe checkout completes and the link is emailed to you. The pack also stays in your My Resources library, reachable anytime through a magic link sent to your email.
Refunds: Because this is an instant digital download, all sales are final. If a file will not open or you bought the wrong pack, email info@spectrumunlocked.com and Spectrum Unlocked will make it right.

Questions from teachers

Who are these workplace scenario cards for?: Teachers, job coaches and SLPs working with teens and young adults in transition, vocational and life skills programs. The situations are real first-job moments, written at a secondary reading level without childish framing.
Do the cards show the correct answer?: No. The cards carry the situation and three responses only; the expected choice and the why line live on a separate teacher key page. A student can read a card independently without the answer leaking, and the choices are rotated so the right answer is not always A.
What if my student is non-speaking or uses AAC?: The deck is built for that. The teacher guide frames every answer as a workplace convention rather than a rule, and says plainly that a response can be spoken, signed, typed or made with a device. The customer-greeting card, for example, counts a smile, a wave, a nod or an AAC greeting as the right answer.
How do the three levels work?: Level 1, the student chooses from the three responses. Level 2, they explain why their choice works. Level 3, they role-play it with you using the role-play page. The data sheet tracks all three per card, and the portfolio sheet totals the wins for an IEP meeting.
What are the phone script cards?: Two wallet-size cut-out cards with the exact words for the two calls students dread most: calling in late and calling in sick. They go home with the student, in a wallet or a phone case.

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