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The Shawnee Mission Parent Resources Center

The Shawnee Mission Parent Resources Center. Teaching Social Skills. Ciloue Cheng Stewart , Ph.D., MSE, LCMFT Family Therapist Clinical Associates, P.A. 913-677-3553 www.clinical-assoc.com. “Nobody taught me!!!”. Why teach social skills?. Parents’/Adults’ Readiness. Our own anxiety

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The Shawnee Mission Parent Resources Center

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  1. The Shawnee MissionParent Resources Center Teaching Social Skills Ciloue Cheng Stewart, Ph.D., MSE, LCMFT Family Therapist Clinical Associates, P.A. 913-677-3553 www.clinical-assoc.com

  2. “Nobody taught me!!!” • Why teach social skills? 2

  3. Parents’/Adults’ Readiness • Our own anxiety • Pain & grief, shame, fear • Social skills can be taught, but... • We can… • Look at the world from the students eye • Learn the basics, and strategies of social skills • It’s not enough to tell them “Don’t Do…” 3

  4. Turning Don’ts to Dos • Don’t throw a tantrum • * • * • * • Don’t give up too quickly • * • * • * • Don’t isolate yourself from your peers • * • * • * • * 4

  5. Students’ Availability & Specific Needs 1.Personality 2. Emotional awareness & regulation 3. Cognitive style/ perspective taking 4. Executive functioning Skills 5. Attention/Processing modality 6.Recall speed + Perseveration 7.Frustration tolerance 8. Play skills 9. Usage of language (verbal & nonverbal) 10.Hidden curriculum 11.Depression/Anxiety 5

  6. Recognizing & Managing Emotions PatternsStrategies • Lack of awareness of one’s own • & others’ feelings • Difficulty interpreting: • voice, gestures, • facial expressions, etc. • Difficulty modulating: • frustration, anger, vocal • volume, facial expression • Teaching emotions • modeling, • roundtable discussion • movie/T.V., feeling charades • numbered scales • Feedback 6

  7. Perspective Taking PatternsStrategies • Rigidity vs. flexibility • Concrete vs. abstract • Inability to see others’ • point of view • Facts vs. opinion • Do it after me • drawing, blocks • Self talk • Visual story telling • thought & speech bubbles • Differentiation techniques • context specificity • WH questions 7

  8. The Mechanics of Social Interaction PatternsStrategies • Ineffectual joining • Poor management of the flow • small talk • changing topics • give n take • Clumsy termination • Greeting skills • Inventory box • Making an entry • Getting unstuck • Turn taking 8

  9. Final Thoughts How do kids grow and change??? 9

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