Teaching Children Role-Modeling Skills (Educating Our Children Book 10)

Unlike some books about role modeling this concise publication is written in easy-to-read and to understand terms. It is a guide to teaching children role modeling skills written for

1. Homeschoolers
2. Educators in general and especially
3. Preschool teachers and aids
4. Elementary school teachers and aids

Children do not learn how to act appropriately by magic. They acquire their behaviors, whether socially acceptable or not, by watching and copying others.
When children do not exhibit appropriate behavioral skills, it is the responsibility of adults to model and teach them the correct ones.

Educators cannot rely on the possibility that their students learned appropriate behavioral skills at home.

Indeed, many students enter school with little or no understanding of how to act appropriately.

That is why educators must often try to erase unacceptable behaviors learned at home by teaching socially acceptable behavioral skills in the classroom.

Transferring social skills from textbook or verbal directions to actual situations is often hit or miss.

• Some students acquire them easily
• Others learn them through trial and error and
• Still others do not get them at all.

The sad fact is, too many students are able to verbalize the appropriate responses but are unable or unwilling to apply them in actual situations.

As with any behavioral technique, reinforcement is the key to changing behaviors. By using both tangible and intangible motivating reinforcers, students receive rewards and inspiration to replicate the desired behavioral skill.

By applying behavioral techniques such as the Stop, Look and Act approach, students can develop a routine to use when assessing unfamiliar situations and responding to them in a socially acceptable manner.

This basic role-modeling technique provides the essential components that students can apply throughout the role-modeling lesson. Eventually, they will be able to incorporate this technique and use it in a variety of social settings and situations.

Most people learn through trial and error.

They acquire appropriate behavioral skills by practice.

Positive role models who instruct students can reach most of them by teaching the appropriate responses.

This is especially true if they start teaching appropriate behavior on the first day of the student’s educational career, and consistently reinforcing them throughout the school experience.

They develop lesson plans to teach social skills, and the students demonstrate those skills throughout the daily school routine. When applied in a variety of settings, the students have developed the ability to generalize the appropriate behavioral skills.

This concise e-book provides important information about role modeling for children, including the answers to 20 revealing questions about

• What is the goal of role modeling?
• Why is it necessary to use role modeling as a technique to teach children who lack social skills?
• What factors impact the success of appropriate role modeling?
• What are the steps to effectively teach appropriate social skills through the use of role modeling?
• How does behavior modification influence appropriate role modeling?
• How does one start the process of generalizing the social skill into daily living situations?
• What long term follow-up activities are necessary to maintaining appropriate social behaviors acquired through role modeling?

Three lists provide additional information about teaching children role-modeling skills, including

1. Developing a Role-Modeling Lesson Plan
2. Sample Role-modeling Lesson Plan
3. Glossary of Terms

If you’re searching for insightful information about teaching children socially acceptable behaviors, purchase this e-book!