Initiating Social Skills (School)
School Social Skills is a three-part series covering the essential social skills needed in a school setting. The series covers Personal, Initiating, and Responding Social Skills. This program is a higher level version of our Initiating Social Skills How-To series. This Learning Activity Series (LAS) approaches the content in a way that is more suitable for advanced users, using interactive lessons based upon video modeling. Initiating Social Skills covers initiating conversation skills such as Ask Permission, Greet Others/Start Conversations/Give Help, Introduce Self, Introduce Others, Ask for Help/Assistance/Feedback, Give Directions, Join Others in Group, Apologize/ Excuse Self, Give a Compliment, and Make a Complaint.
- Know whom to ask
- Decide if you need to ask permission
- Know when to ask
- Use nice tone of voice
- Accept the answer
Greet Others/Start Conversations/Give Help
- Make eye contact
- Stand the correct distance apart
- Greet others
- Ask questions
- Make comments
- Give help
Introduce Self
- Choose the correct time
- Make eye contact
- Stand the correct distance apart
- Greet others
- Tell your name
- Ask questions
- Give information
Introduce Others
- Decide if you should introduce others
- Choose the correct time
- Make eye contact
- Introduce others
- Make conversation
- Choose the correct time
- Stand the correct distance apart
- Make eye contact
- Ask for help
- Ask for feedback
Give Directions
- Look at the person
- Stand the correct distance apart
- Speak clearly
- Ask questions to clarify
- Go over the steps
- Do the work
Join Others in Groups
- Decide if you want to join in
- Decide on how to join in
- Decide on the correct time to join in
- Talk to others in the group
- Ask if you can join in
- Join in and do the activities
- Be aware of a mistake
- Think over what to say
- Choose how to say it
- Choose the person to apologize to
- Choose where to say it
- Make the apology
- Try not to do it again
Give a Compliment
- Choose the reason for the compliment
- Choose the person you want to compliment
- Choose how to give the compliment
- Choose the correct time and place
Make a Complaint
- Notice a problem
- Choose if it is worth saying something
- Choose to whom to complain
- Be clear
- Be calm
- Put yourself in their shoes
- Keep to the point
- Look at the behavior
- Don’t attack the person
- Thank the person for listening