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)
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Children with mental disabilities -- Education (Primary)
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Social skills -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Social skills in children.
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Author |
Rickards, Emily Paige.
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LC no. |
2003062600 |
ISBN |
1557666741 |
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