"Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, 3E offers an exciting collection of over 200 ready-to-use worksheets to help adolescents with special needs build the social skills they need to understand themselves socially and to interact effectively with others in various settings. The book is organized into three main sections: (1) Understanding Yourself and Your Personality Traits (about 25 lessons), (2) Learning About Basic Social Skills (e.g. making a good impression, standing up for yourself, controlling emotions, understanding another's point of view) (about 25 skills, 125 worksheets), and (3) Applying Social Skills (e.g. reacting to routine and unusual situations across all settings (about 85 worksheets). The activities can be completed sequentially if desired, or specific lessons/worksheets can be selected and used for whatever situation or setting is needed"--
A practical and hands-on collection of worksheets to help students learn social skills In the newly revised Third Edition of Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, veteran educator Darlene Mannix delivers an invaluable and exciting collection of over 150 ready-to-use worksheets designed to help adolescents with special needs build social skills, understand themselves, and interact effectively with others. Organized into three parts, the book covers lessons in self-understanding and personality traits, basic social skills, and social skills application. It also contains: 30% brand-new material and thoroughly updated content that includes new lessons and technology updates Updated topics, including safe social media navigation, leisure situation social skills, and cyberbullying Stand-alone lessons and worksheets that offer excellent foundations for individual teachings Perfect for special educators, general education teachers, and school counselors and psychologists, Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs is also an indispensable resource for the parents of special needs children and teachers in training.