Building Social Skills: Importance, Teaching Strategies, and

School: Florida International University - Course: EEC 3204 - Subject: Accounting

Anastasia Ahyee EDP4274 Assignment 9 Training Module Building Social Skills Overview: This module discusses the importance of social skills as well as how to build social skills, teach social skills and communicate more effectively and efficiently. Module Objectives: After successful Completion of this module, you should be able to: Learning Objective 1:Understand the importance of building and maintaining social skills. Learning Objective 2:Teach students how to apply these skills in their everyday lives and activities. Learning Objective 3:Utilize these skills inside the classroom and with your students. Learning Objective 4:Have the ability to communicate more effectively. Course Materials: Watch/Videos: What are Social Skills - Improving Social Skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ku_XltAHvjA&ab_channel=CareerandLifeSkillsLessons Building Social Skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLG5qYYc9nI&ab_channel=TODAY How to help Children Socialize:

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bKOqxqPQDGI&ab_channel=DrMarcieBeigel Effective ways to Assess and Teach Social Skills https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/effective-ways-assess-social- skills/ Teaching Kids Social Skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myf2CUx9E60&ab_channel=Mylemarks Teaching Social Skills to Kids with ADHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwakFgHDufA&ab_channel=ADHDDude Read: The Importance of Social Skills: Raising a Socially Intelligent Child: https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/importance-of-social-skills-raising-socially- intelligent-child-0102184 Social Skills: https://childdevelopment.com.au/areas-of-concern/play-and-social- skills/social-skills/ 9 Ways to Teach Social skills in the Classroom: https://www.readingrockets.org/article/9-ways-teach-social-skills-your- classroom Effective Communication: Improving your Social Skills: https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/infosheet/effective-communication-improving- your-social-skills Activities/Assessments: Activity - Fellow teachers (in this case students) are to get into groups of 2 and explain the importance of social skills and then list strategies to teach them in the classroom.