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Author Siperstein, Gary N.

Title Promoting social success : a curriculum for children with special needs / by Gary N. Siperstein and Emily Paige Rickards
Published Baltimore, MD : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., [2004]
©2004

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Description xiv, 512 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents An Introduction to the Promoting Social Success Curriculum -- Unit 1. Introductory Lessons -- Coming Together to Form the Group -- Introducing Role Play -- Practicing Role Play -- Introducing Problem-Solving Meetings -- Practicing Problem-Solving Meetings -- Unit 2. Understanding Feelings and Actions: Emotional and Behavioral Regulation -- Using Feeling Words -- Identifying Happy Expressions -- Understanding Sadness -- The Difference Between Alone and Lonely -- Understanding Fear -- When Are We Surprised? -- Understanding Love and Hate -- Understanding Frustration -- Understanding Anger -- Feelings in Different Contexts -- Different People Have Different Emotions -- Understanding Emotional Intensity -- What to Do When You Are Angry -- Expressing Feelings in Appropriate Ways -- Why Calming Down Is Important -- Ways to Calm Down -- Introducing the Red Light Calming Down Steps -- Practicing the Calming Down Steps -- Applying the Calming Down Steps -- Reviewing the Calming Down Steps -- What Helps Me Calm Down? -- Reviewing Feeling Words -- Unit 3. Using Social Information: Noticing and Interpreting Cues -- Introducing the Yellow Light Thinking Steps -- Introducing Body Language -- Interpreting Body Language -- Interpreting Tone of Voice (Feelings) -- Interpreting Tone of Voice (Sincerity) -- Accident or On Purpose? -- Identifying Intention -- Is This Mean? -- How to Tell When Someone Is Busy -- Reacting to Other People -- Reviewing Emotional Displays -- Reviewing Social Situations -- Unit 4. Planning What to Do: Problem Solving -- What Does it Mean to Have Goals? -- Identifying Goals -- Practicing Identifying Goals -- Generating Strategies to Solve a Problem -- Practicing Generating Strategies -- Generating Multiple Strategies -- Assertive Problem-Solving Strategies -- Using Compromise as a Strategy -- Predicting Consequences -- Practicing Strategy Selection -- Introducing the Green Light Action Steps -- How Did it Go? -- What to Do If We Don't Reach Our Goal -- Applying the Problem-Solving Steps -- Reviewing Problem-Solving Skills -- Unit 5. Making and Keeping Friends: Social Knowledge -- What Makes a Good Friend? -- The Ups and Downs of Friendship -- The Importance of Trust -- Give and Take -- Encouraging Empathy -- Communicating with Friends -- Dealing with Rejection -- Sharing Hurt Feelings with Friends -- Coping with Teasing -- The Importance of Forgiveness -- Keeping Friends -- The Importance of Compliments -- General Reproducibles -- Body Language Photographs -- Large Feeling Faces -- Small Feeling Faces -- Parent Newsletters -- Role-Play Footprints -- Stoplight Posters
Summary Social skills are essential to a productive and satisfying educational experience. The development of appropriate social skills becomes even more important as more and more schools welcome students with special needs into inclusive classrooms
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-512)
Subject Social skills -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Children with mental disabilities -- Education (Primary)
Social skills -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Social skills in children.
Author Rickards, Emily Paige.
LC no. 2003062600
ISBN 1557666741
Other Titles Curriculum for children with special needs