Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools

Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools

Author: Michele Hensley

Publisher: Boys Town Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1889322644

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This book targets 28 social skills including following instructions, staying on task, working with others, accepting criticism, listening, ignoring distractions, making a good choice, sharing, and showing respect. It includes lesson plans, reproducible skill pages, techniques and examples for 'blending' the teaching of social skills into academic lessons, ideas for using bulletin board displays to motivate and monitor behaviour, and strategies for increasing parental support.


More Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School

More Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School

Author: Midge Odermann Mougey

Publisher: Boys Town Press

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9781934490044

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Social skills include: expressing empathy, going to an assembly, accepting defeat or loss, using anger-control strategies, responding to inappropriate talk/touch, completing homework, being prepared for class, accepting winning appropriately, and more.


Teaching Social Skills to Youth with Mental Health Disorders

Teaching Social Skills to Youth with Mental Health Disorders

Author: Jennifer Resetar Volz

Publisher: Boys Town Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1934490105

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Research and experience show that children and adolescents who struggle with emotional, behavioral and social problems do improve when they learn prosocial skills. Social skill instruction, therefore, can be a vital component in the treatment planning for a child diagnosed with a mental health disorder. Teaching Social Skills to Youth with Mental Health Disorders is a guide for therapists, counselors, psychologists, educators, and other practitioners trying to help these youth get better.


Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School

Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School

Author: Naomi Drew

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1631981609

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Practical, research-based lessons for middle school educators to teach students pro-social attitudes and behaviors to prevent bullying. Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School focuses on positive and pro-social attitudes and behaviors that build a respectful and compassionate school environment, while also addressing the tough issues of prejudice, anger, exclusion, and bullying. Through role-playing, perspective-taking, sharing, writing, discussion, and more, students develop the insights and skills they need to accept differences, resolve conflicts peacefully, stop bullying among peers, and create a community of kindness in their classrooms and school. Based on survey data gathered by the authors from more than 1,000 students, the book’s research-based lessons are easy to implement and developmentally appropriate. Digital content includes student handouts from the book.


Tools of the Mind

Tools of the Mind

Author: Elena Bodrova

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-04-24

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1040005438

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Now in its third edition, this classic text remains the seminal resource for in-depth information about major concepts and principles of the cultural-historical theory developed by Lev Vygotsky, his students, and colleagues, as well as three generations of neo-Vygotskian scholars in Russia and the West. Featuring two new chapters on brain development and scaffolding in the zone of proximal development, as well as additional content on technology, dual language learners, and students with disabilities, this new edition provides the latest research evidence supporting the basics of the cultural-historical approach alongside Vygotskian-based practical implications. With concrete explanations and strategies on how to scaffold young children’s learning and development, this book is essential reading for students of early childhood theory and development.


The Power of Peers in the Classroom

The Power of Peers in the Classroom

Author: Karen R. Harris

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 146252107X

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Peer support and social relationships have a tremendous influence on development, motivation, and achievement for all students, including struggling learners and those with disabilities. This highly practical book is one of the few resources available to guide classroom teachers and special educators in the application of peer-assisted instructional strategies in grades K-12. Expert contributors describe evidence-based approaches for building students' skills in reading, writing, math, and other content areas, as well as social competence and executive functioning. Sample lessons and more than a dozen reproducible tools are provided. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.


Social Skills Matter!, Grades PK - 2

Social Skills Matter!, Grades PK - 2

Author: Christine Schwab

Publisher: Key Education Publishing

Published: 2014-01-15

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1483809293

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Help your students learn how to communicate effectively, make good choices, and practice appropriate behavior with Social Skills Matter! This book includes reproducible mini-books for children to assemble, color, read, and make their own. Each mini-book focuses on a different facet of important social skills including cooperative play, learning about feelings, communication, school-day behavior, manners, and behavior management. Mastery of these essential social skills can be a factor in determining a child’s future success, social acceptance, and happiness. Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children.


Teaching the Social Skills of Academic Interaction, Grades 4-12

Teaching the Social Skills of Academic Interaction, Grades 4-12

Author: Harvey "Smokey" Daniels

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2014-08-19

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1483376567

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Now THIS is college and career ready! Take your kids on a carefully paced upward spiral of collaboration, with explicit coaching on how to teach the language and behaviors of working effectively together. The added bonus: Your kids will meet speaking and listening standards, while you score better on classroom-engagement rubrics. For each lesson, Web-based slides focus on one vital social-academic skill, while you refer to teaching tips in the planning guide: The first slides introduce the target skill The next slides help model the skill in action You co-create strategies to enhance use of the skill Additional slides help kids practice the skill, followed by debriefing lessons


Preventing Problem Behaviors

Preventing Problem Behaviors

Author: Bob Algozzine

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-04-28

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1632209799

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In today's increasingly diverse PreK–12 classrooms, problem behaviors can often interrupt instructional time and disrupt learning. Designed for 21st-century school leaders, administrators, behavior specialists, and classroom teachers, this research-based guide offers specific strategies and plans for preventing problem behavior at both the classroom and school level. Based on the premise that early response to problems can lead to better outcomes for students, the book's content is framed around four essential areas: foundations, intervention, collaboration, and evaluation. Within these areas, this accessible guide features: -The latest information on the science and practice of prevention -Reasons why conflict resolution, peer mediation, and bully-proofing are essential to prevention -Effective practices for teaching social skills to young children -Proven techniques for implementing schoolwide positive behavior support -Tools for using individual behavior plans to prevent problems -Ideas for home-school and community partnerships and culturally responsible teaching -Critical strategies for monitoring student progress and evaluating prevention practices -New, updated chapters, including information on preschool behavior support and RTI This valuable resource provides all the tools and strategies school leaders and teachers need to keep children focused on learning.


Social Skills for Kids

Social Skills for Kids

Author: Keri K. Powers

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1507215762

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Help your children develop essential social skills—including groups, one-on-one interactions, and virtual communication—with these 150 easy, fun activities to teach your kids how to socially succeed. From taking turns to making eye contact to staying engaged during conversations, developing appropriate social skills is an important factor for kids to be able to succeed in school and life in general. But how can you tell if your child is really making progress while you read the same stories, have the same conversations, and chaperone the same playdates? The answer is to add some variety to your child’s daily activities with these 150 exercises specially designed to keep your child (and their friends) entertained, all while teaching them effective social skills. In Social Skills for Kids, you’ll learn everything you need to know about how social skills develop in children and what you can do to support their growth. In this book, you’ll find games to encourage them in group settings, activities that you (or another caregiver) can do alone with your child, and ways to make the most of virtual interactions for social skill development. So whether you’re looking for new activities to entertain a few friends during playtime, searching for fun (and educational) games you and your child can play together, or even interested in ways to include people you can’t physically visit, Social Skills for Kids has all the tools you need to help your child develop the social skills they need to succeed.