Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School [Paperback]

Michele Hensley (Author), Jo Dillon (Author), Denise Pratt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2005

Dealing with disruptive behaviors in the classroom can reduce the time a teacher has available for academic teaching. Teachers can help prevent problem behaviors by teaching social skills to students. When children practice and learn how to behave in the classroom, they contribute to creating an environment that’s calm, quiet, and conducive to successful learning.

This book provides teachers with:
· Lesson plans with activities that can be adapted for students in grades K-12. The plans include suggestions for discussion, activities, journaling, role play, and reading.
· Reproducible skill pages that you can hand out or post in the classroom as reminders to students and coupons you can use to reward good behavior.
· Techniques for "blending" the teaching of social skills into academic lessons in reading, writing, math, and social studies.
· Ideas for using bulletin board displays and individual student graphs to motivate and monitor behavior.
· Strategies for increasing parent support.

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About the Author

The authors have a combined 40 years’ of teaching experience in K-12 classrooms and now train other teachers, administrators, and other school staff across the United States in the Girls and Boys Town Education Model. The Model emphasizes building relationships with students, teaching social skills, and reinforcement of positive behavior.

Product Details

• Paperback: 293 pages
• Publisher: Boys Town Press (March 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889322644
• ISBN-13: 978-1889322643
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #821,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother with this book, December 28, 2006

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This review is from: Tools for Teaching Social Skills in School (Paperback)

I'm a graduate student (Ph.D. level program) and was looking for materials I could use for references in my school psychology class. I also have a child with delayed social skills, so I had a more personal interest in looking at this book.

I found this book to be of little use, professionally as well as personally. The research was sorely lacking, and the tips and suggestions were fairly rudimentary and geared toward lower elementary school youth.

There are far better products out there, so save your money. I sent this one back.