Social Skills Activities for Special Children

A flexible, ready-to-use program to help special students in gradesK-5 learn appropriate ways to behave among others

The revised and updated second edition of this bestselling resourcebook provides ready-to-use lessons--complete with reproducibleworksheets--to help children become aware of acceptable socialbehavior and develop proficiency in acquiring basic social skills.The book is organized around three core areas crucial to socialdevelopment in the primary grades: Accepting Rules and Authority atSchool, Relating to Peers, and Developing Positive Social Skills.Each lesson places a specific skill within the context of real-lifesituations, giving teachers a means to guide students to thinkabout why the social skill is important. The hands-on activity thataccompanies each lesson helps students to work through, thinkabout, discuss, and practice the skill in or outside of theclassroom.