The Power of Social Skills in Character Development: Helping Diverse Learners Succeed

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National Professional Resources Inc./Dude Publishing, 2000 - 198 pages
Students must demonstrate not only academic ability but also social competence as they develop to become involved members of society. This guide for teachers, parents, and other professionals addresses the necessity for teaching students social competence as they also learn their core academic material. The program starts with solid lessons in self-esteem and character development. Students learn to respect themselves by developing habits of honesty, responsibility, and self-control. With improved self-esteem comes a willingness to accept constructive criticism, the courage to set personal goals, and the desire to treat others as they would like to be treated, thus creating a solid foundation for social development. Eighty lessons and reproducible activity handouts, all within 7 units, make up this resource. These units are: (1) "Self-Awareness"; (2) "Communication Skills"; (3) "Relationships," subdivided into "Family and Friends," and "Dating and Romantic Relationships"; (4) "Criticism and Attitudes"; (5) "Stress Management"; (6) "Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving"; and (7) "Decision Making and Goal Setting." An appendix contains alternative classroom activities: Social Skill of the Month, Attribute of the Month and Character Calendar, Acknowledgment Notes, and My Personal Time Capsule. The book concludes with a list of additional resources and organizations. (Contains 107 references.) (RT).
 

Table des matières

SELFAWARENESS
1
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
11
Lesson
17
Misunderstandings
25
Interruption Eruption
31
RELATIONSHIPS
37
Dating and Romantic Relationships
73
Communication Quotations of the Week
76
SelfCriticism
112
Signs of Emotional Stress
128
Lesson 59
135
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PROBLEM SOLVING
141
Bias and Stereotype Identification
147
Recognizing Problems
157
ALTERNATE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
183
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
189

CRITICISM AND ATTITUDES
91

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