Social Skills

Social Skills

Student Needs	IPRC Exceptionalities	Diagnosed Conditions
Aggression Management Anger/Frustration Management Anxiety Management Articulation Skills Attendance Strategies Attention Skills Assistive Technology Skills Blind/Vision Impaired Bullying Management Skills Central Auditory Processing Deafness Depression/Sadness Management Disengagement/Motivation Strategies Eating Disorder Strategies Emotional Regulation English Language Skills Executive Function Fine Motor Skills Gambling Disorder Grief Management Gross Motor Skills Hearing Intellectual Ability – High Intellectual Ability – Low Listening Comprehension Skills Low Vision Memory Skills Mental Health Strategies Metacognitive Skills Mobility Skills Non-Verbal Reasoning Organizational Skills Personal Care Personal Safety Phonological Processing Processing Speed Self-Advocacy Skills Self-Esteem Self-Harm/Suicide Management Self-Regulatory Skills Sensory Integration Skills Sequencing Skills Social Skills Substance Abuse Strategies Task Initiation Time Management Skills Transition Skills Verbal Ability Visual-Motor Skills Visual-Spatial Processing	Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Behaviour Blind and Low Vision Deaf and Hard of Hearing Developmental Disability (DD) Giftedness Language Impairment Learning Disabilities (LD) Mild Intellectual Disabilities Multiple Exceptionalities Physical Disability Speech Impairment	Acquired Brain Injury Alcohol-Related Neuro-developmental Disorder (ARND) Angelman Syndrome Anxiety Disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Auditory Processing Disorder (Central) Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Bipolar Disorder Blind/Vision Impaired Brain Injury Cerebral Palsy (CP) Conduct Disorder (CD) Concussions Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Deafness Depression Disorders Down Syndrome Eating Disorders Epilepsy Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) Fragile X Syndrome Gambling Disorder Intellectual Disabilities Klinefelter's Syndrome Learning Disabilities/Specific Learning Disorders Muscular Dystrophy (MD) Neurological Disabilities Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTS) Prader-Willi Syndrome Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Seizure Disorders Selective Mutism Spina Bifida Tourette Syndrome Turner Syndrome (TS) Usher Syndrome William's Syndrome

Key Special Education Practices
Accommodations Alternative Programming Assistive Technology Board Special Education Plans Community Resources Differentiated Instruction Create an Inclusive & Positive Class Climate Identification Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) Individual Education Plan (IEP) Ministry of Education Resources Modified Programming Non-teacher Professional Assessments Teacher Assessments Safety/Emergency/Crisis Response Plan Professional Development Reporting on IEP Progress Tracking/Documenting Transition Plans

What it is

An area of student need, involving difficulties with social interactions.

Teaching Strategies

Instructional

• Directly teach lessons to the whole class on specific social skills.

• Determine the student’s baseline of current functioning and next steps in social skill development (see the list of social skills below).

• Develop an alternative programming goal for the student on an attainable social skill improvement.

• Use media/literature examples to highlight pro-social skills and positive choices made by the characters.

• Develop “how to” charts on various social skills of need.

• Use positive reinforcement for improvements.

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Environmental

• Use preferential seating to place student near others who would foster positive interactions, and close to the teacher for coaching.

• Post rules and consequences.

• Post social skills visuals/charts with strategies.

• Provide activities for unstructured times (ball, game, etc.).

Assessment

• For group projects/presentations, provide structure, chunk requirements and provide frequent feedback.

• Assess the student in an area of strength (oral, written, with computer, etc.).

Resources

• 5 Tips to Teaching Social Skills	• ABC’s of Mental Health: The Child with Poor Social Relations
• How to Teach Social Skills	• Social and emotional develoment in school-age children Understanding social skills in school age children and the role of parents. From The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).
• Teaching Social Skills to Kids Who Don’t Have Them Yet	• Teaching Students to Make Friends

For Purchase

• Be Cool Video Series DVDs outlining various social skills for various ages of students.	• Model Me Conversation Cues
• Sandbox Learning For the development of customized social stories.	• Skillstreaming Resources outlining various social skills steps and how to teach them to different ages of students.

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