Social skills activities for secondary students with special needs / Darlene Mannix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mannix, Darlene, author.

Series:

Jossey-Bass teacher.

Jossey-Bass Teacher

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmentally disabled children--United States--Life skills guides.

Developmentally disabled children.

Developmentally disabled childrent--United States--United States.

Developmentally disabled childrent.

Life skills--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

Life skills.

Social skills--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

Social skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A flexible, ready-to-use activities program to help special students in grades 6-12 The updated new edition of this valuable resource offers an exciting collection of 200 ready-to-use worksheets to help adolescents build the social skills they need to interact effectively with others and learn how to apply these skills to various real-life settings, situations, and problems. The book provides 20 complete teaching units focusing on 20 basic social skills, such as being a good listener, ""reading"" other people, and using common sense.

Contents:

Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs; About This Book; About the Author; Contents; Preface; How This Book Is Organized; How to Use These Materials; Part I Learning Basic Social Skills; Chapter 1 Skills to Make a Good Impression; Skill 1: Making a First Impression; Instructor Pages; Worksheet 1: What Is a Good Impression?; Worksheet 2: Your Appearance; Worksheet 3: Your Attitude; Worksheet 4: Getting Prepared; Worksheet 5: Asking Appropriate Questions; Skill 2: Thinking About My Behavior; Instructor Pages; Worksheet 6: Picked out of a Crowd

Worksheet 7: Ways to Blend InWorksheet 8: Unusual Behaviors; Worksheet 9: Behaviors That You Can't Help; Worksheet 10: Neutral Behavior; Skill 3: Getting Rid of Annoying Tendencies; Instructor Pages; Worksheet 11: Invading Personal Space; Worksheet 12: Interrupting; Worksheet 13: Repeating Yourself; Worksheet 14: Bodily Noises; Worksheet 15: Being Bossy; Skill 4: Having a Pleasant Voice and Breath; Instructor Pages; Worksheet 16: Voice Volume; Worksheet 17: Voice Tone; Worksheet 18: Using Appropriate Language; Worksheet 19: Just Answer the Question!; Worksheet 20: Bad Breath

Skill 5: Being a Good ListenerInstructor Pages; Worksheet 21: Identifying a Good Listener; Worksheet 22: How to Be a Good Listener; Worksheet 23: Important Listening Situations; Worksheet 24: What Problems Do You See?; Worksheet 25: Skit Revisited: Identifying the Listening Skills; Skill 6: Sharpening My Communication Skills; Instructor Pages; Worksheet 26: What Is Communication?; Worksheet 27: Communication Through Behavior; Worksheet 28: Communication Through Expressions; Worksheet 29: Messages; Worksheet 30: Practice Your Communication Skills; Skill 7: Sizing Up My Reputation

Instructor PagesWorksheet 31: What Others Say About You; Worksheet 32: Developing a Reputation; Worksheet 33: Misjudging Others; Worksheet 34: What Kind of Reputation Do You Want?; Worksheet 35: Changing Your Reputation; Chapter 2 Skills for Self-Improvement; Skill 8: Having a Good Sense of Humor; Instructor Pages; Worksheet 36: Benefits of a Sense of Humor; Worksheet 37: Creating Humor Appropriately; Worksheet 38: Easing Tension with Humor; Worksheet 39: Laughing WITH, not Laughing AT; Worksheet 40: Using Humor to Include Others; Skill 9: Expressing Myself Appropriately; Instructor Pages

Worksheet 41: Expressing Myself with WordsWorksheet 42: Waiting Before Responding; Worksheet 43: Avoiding Getting Upset; Worksheet 44: Public vs. Private Conversations; Worksheet 45: Communicating via E-Mail; Skill 10: Viewing Things Realistically; Instructor Pages; Worksheet 46: Making Realistic Changes; Worksheet 47: Improbable or Impossible?; Worksheet 48: Making Changes for the Better: Habits and Friends; Worksheet 49: Making Changes for the Better: Attitudes and Actions; Worksheet 50: It Could Happen . . .; Skill 11: Standing Up for Myself; Instructor Pages

Worksheet 51: That's Not Right!

Notes:

"Jossey-Bass teacher, grades 6-12"--Cover.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-96344-X

OCLC:

877771982