Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs

An invaluable resource for relatives, parents, and professionals interacting with special needs adolescents “Darlene Mannix’s Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs does what many books don’t do—it promotes the use of social-emotional skills with peers and adults across a variety of settings. Teachers will find this book practical and easy to use.” —NICK ELKSNIN, PhD, NCSP, Learning & Evaluation Resources, and LINDA K. ELKSNIN, PhD, professor emerita, The Citadel; authors, Teaching Social-Emotional Skills at School and Home “Secondary special education teachers, parents of teenagers with special needs, and other professionals who work with special needs adolescents will see significantly improved behaviors in their special needs teenagers by implementing the authentic social skills activities and worksheets in this book. From the personality traits inventory to the thought-provoking scenarios designed to develop empathy with teachers, family members, and peers, Darlene Mannix’s book is an essential resource to successfully guide special needs teenagers to the critical task of mastering their social skills.” —JOSHUA LEVY, Author of The Creative Outlet Method Book of Creativity: At-Home Activities for Children with Special Needs; President of Joshua Levy Educational Consulting; Executive Director of Joshua’s Stage “I teach Life Skills at the high school level to a group of students with multiple disabilities. Chapters such as Practical Living, Living Arrangements, and Vocational Skills are all invaluable for preparing for transition discussions leading up to student’s IEPs. I appreciate the simple format and easy-to-use lesson plans that Darlene has created, along with extension activities for my higher functioning students to challenge their learning.” —SARAH GARTSHORE, Life Skills teacher at Laporte High School in Laporte, Indiana Perfect for special educators, general education teachers, school counselors and psychologists, and the parents of children with special needs, the latest edition of Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs delivers over 150 ready-to-use worksheets designed to help adolescents with special needs build social skills and self-understanding. The book is organized into three parts: self-understanding and personality traits, basic social skills, and social skills applications. Building on the popular activities covered in previous editions, the new and updated material explores topics like cyberbullying, safe social media navigation, and leisure situation social skills. The stand-alone lessons, worksheets, and activities offer robust foundations for individual teaching sessions and for training socially impaired young people how to act and behave in both common and uncommon social situations. They can be completed sequentially or used as needed. An essential resource for anyone responsible for an adolescent with social impairments, Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs belongs on the bookshelves of professionals and family members alike. A practical and hands-on collection of worksheets to help students learn social skills In the newly revised Third Edition of Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, veteran educator Darlene Mannix delivers an invaluable and exciting collection of over 150 ready-to-use worksheets designed to help adolescents with special needs build social skills, understand themselves, and interact effectively with others. Organized into three parts, the book covers lessons in self-understanding and personality traits, basic social skills, and social skills application. It also contains: 30% brand-new material and thoroughly updated content that includes new lessons and technology updates Updated topics, including safe social media navigation, leisure situation social skills, and cyberbullying Stand-alone lessons and worksheets that offer excellent foundations for individual teachings Perfect for special educators, general education teachers, and school counselors and psychologists, Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs is also an indispensable resource for the parents of special needs children and teachers in training.