Description: Helping students develop healthy social skills is childÆs playResearch shows that a child's social and behavioral skills affect the development of cognitive and physical abilities. Set students on a path to success and have fun doing it with this activity-packed second edition of Wanna Play. The authors provide hundreds of activities that help children learn how to behave appropriately and make friends. Included are tools for teaching emotion regulation, team playing, and body safety to all children, making this resource ideal for use in inclusive settings. New features include:A social interaction checklist for identifying learners' strengths and weaknessesTeacher-friendly activities that can be used in small groups or with the whole classA chapter on teaching emotions and communication skillsStudents with social challenges benefit from direct instruction, and early intervention helps prevent behavior problems and pave the way to academic success. This hands-on guidebook gives teachers, counselors, behavior therapists, and caregivers a wealth of easily implemented and fun-filled ways to enhance children's skills in all areas of social interaction. Ruth Herron Ross, owner and author of The Wanna Play Program, holds a Bachelor of Science in and Elementary Education from Beaver College and a Master of Science in Special Education and Specialty Reading from St. Joseph's University. She is currently working on her BCBA. Ruth has dedicated her life to the education of children with special needs and the autism community. Ruth has work with children from ages two to seventeen and is trained in a variety of one-on-one early intervention and therapeutic programs such as ABA, Floortime, Son-Rise, and Interactive Metronome. Her 15 years of education experiences, combined with her early intervention training, gave Ruth the foundation of knowledge in autism, language development, and socialization skills needed to create The Wanna Play Program. Over the years she has provided numerous trainings to parents and professional and is a founding member and lead trainer of the Valley Forge Education Services' community outreach program Caring Kinships: ASD-Matching Families with Sitters. Ruth has been facilitating social skill groups and individual sessions for children as director of the Pennsylvania location for the past ten years and in the New Jersey location for the past two years. Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction: Welcome to the Wanna Play Program Guidelines for Curriculum Success How to Use this Book Social Interaction Checklist Unit 1: Discovering Social Skills Lesson 1.1: What Are Social Skills? Lesson 1.2: Making New Friends Lesson 1.3: Building Friendships Lesson 1.4: Relationships With Different Types of Friends Unit 2: Using Appropriate Eye Contact for Interaction Lesson 2.1: What Is Eye Contact? Lesson 2.2: Looking to Talk Lesson 2.3: Looking to Listen Lesson 2.4: Looking to Learn Lesson 2.5: Interest in Others Unit 3: Social Skills for Interacting With Friends Lesson 3.1: Fun With Friends Lesson 3.2: Sweet Words/ Kind Words Lesson 3.3: Safe Body/ Body Safety Lesson 3.4: Playing Together Unit 4: Appropriate Body Behavior Lesson 4.1: Introduction to Body Awareness Lesson 4.2: Body Needs--Strengths and Weaknesses Lesson 4.3: Personal Play Space Lesson 4.4: Body Privacy Lesson 4.5: Modesty/Hygiene Lesson 4.6: Appropriate Bodies in Different Environments Unit 5: Appropriate Emotional Behavior Lesson 5.1: What Are Emotions and How Do We Show Them? Lesson 5.2: Choosing How We React Lesson 5.3: Staying Calm When We Don't Get Along Lesson 5.4: Appropriate Ways of Sharing Our Emotions Unit 6: Appropriate Behavior in a Group Lesson 6.1: Listening in a Group Lesson 6.2: Socializing With Peers in a Group Lesson 6.3: Learning in a Group Lesson 6.4: Following Directions in Groups Unit 7: Playing Games Lesson 7.1: Sportsmanship/Cheering and Encouragement Lesson 7.2: Going First Lesson 7.3: Who Won? Lesson 7.4: Playing Friends' Games Lesson 7.5: Outside Games Lesson 7.6: Indoor Games Appendix A: Friendship Cards Appendix B: Worksheets and Materials
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Book Title: Making Friends, Prek-3: A Social Skills Program fo
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Making Friends, Prek-3 : a Social Skills Program for Inclusive Settings
Language: English
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Behavioral Management, Children's Studies, Children with Special Needs, Special Education / General, Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 22 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Elizabeth L. Roberts-Pacchione, Ruth Herron Ross
Item Length: 11 in
Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Education
Item Width: 8.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
