Teaching Social Skills 

A Social Skills Curriculum from Family Interplay Education

This is a valuable resource for classroom teachers to help students

with behavioral problems be successful at school. It reviews underlying factors

that affect children's behavior and then outlines the seven

"Foundations for Appropriate Learning Behavior.  All students in inclusive

or self contained classrooms

will benefit from the use of these classroom management strategies.

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$25.00   Students with a variety of special education needs are being mainstreamed into “inclusive” classrooms. Not all of these students suffer from physical limitations or mental retardation. A large percentage have what are known as “invisible handicaps”

These invisible handicaps include...

neurological impairment or immaturity, poor impulse control, attention deficit disorder (with or without hyperactivity), pervasive developmental disorder, autism, syndromes (such as Asperger, Fetal Alcohol, Fragile X, Tourettes, etc.), learning disabilities, auditory processing difficulties, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, post traumatic stress       disorder, attachment disorder, and/or behavior problems.

 These students have difficulty in large group settings due to several factors:

•    Some are overstimulated or overwhelmed by the numbers of people and activities that surround them in a full classroom.

•    Some are unable to process or comprehend the many messages sent to them in a classroom setting by teachers and other students.

•    Some are unable to keep their bodies still or in one place long enough to focus on learning tasks.

•    Some are unable to stop an activity and successfully switch to another one.

•    Some are unable to get along with their peers, and may react by provoking verbal or physical conflicts.

•    Some cannot stand in a line up without causing a disruption.

•    Some are struggling with feelings of anger and low self esteem due to difficulties at home or difficulties with learning.

Teachers are challenged to help these students participate successfully in regular classroom activities, or in some cases, even in specialized (segregated) programs.

This book will review underlying factors that affect children’s behavior. It will then outline the seven “Foundations for Appropriate Learning Behavior”, and describe tips for helping students like those described above to be successful in~an inclusive or self -contained classroom. All students in the class will benefit from the use of these classroom management strategies.