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Easy Stories for Social Skills

$52.68  Spiral Bound
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Patty R Schuchardt

  • Easy Stories for Social Skills
  • Easy Stories for Social Skills
    Teach young children with communication disorders and other disabilities the skills that they need to interact effectively with others in social contexts.


Interest Age: 4 to 8
ISBN: 9781575031040

Teach young children with communication disorders and other disabilities the skills that they need to interact effectively with others in social contexts. The stories target specific skills such as taking turns, requesting assistance, and saying "thank you," The activities help children to distinguish socially appropriate behaviours from behaviours that are socially inappropriate. This book will be especially valuable in programs for children who have difficulty with the pragmatic aspects of communication.

Sequencing stories are included to build oral expression, verbal reasoning, and verbal sequencing of information. Students are asked to evaluate the appropriateness of specific social behaviours and to react to situations presented in short stories.

Skills emphasised:

  • Greeting others
  • Expressing gratitude
  • Taking turns
  • Caring for the property of others
  • Requesting help in an emergency
  • Requesting help completing a task
  • Paying attention
  • Following directions
  • Following rules
  • Making apologies
  • Accepting responsibility
  • Expressing negative feelings
  • Making promises
  • Helping others with special needs
  • Sharing possessions
  • Using appropriate manners on the telephone
  • Showing concern for the health of others
  • Treating others with respect
  • Volunteering to help
  • Being prompt