Class-Lecture+Notes+070911

Gracejoy Hauser EEX6759 Personal Class Notes 7/9/2011

**Social Skills Instruction**- must be provided by **DIRECT INSTRUCTION** (not worksheets), role playing, visual supports, using a string, targeted scripts

Socially acceptable learned behaviors that enable a person to interact with others in ways that elicit positive responses and assist in avoiding negative responses

- //Bellini Feb. 2006 (**father of Social Skills)**//

Those behaviors which, within a given situation, predict __important outcomes__

– //McKinnon & Krempa 2002//

Social Skills- teach to get an **OUTCOME**

**__Executive Functioning Deficits include__:** forming __abstract concepts__, having a flexible sequenced plan of action, focusing and sustaining mental effort, rapidly retrieving //relevant// information, being able to __self-monitor and self-correct in vivo__, and being able to inhibit impulsive responses (Ie. time management, organization, managing yourself when frustrated, problem-solving)

-//Liss, Fein, Feinstein, Waterhouse, Allen,// //Dunn, Morris, and I. Rapin 2001//

*Discern between skill acquisition deficits (SAD) (have not learned skill yet) and performance deficits (PD) (not performing skill consistently)

5 Social Skill Domains (Observable Behavior)

1. Social Interactions 2. Conversation Skills 3. Executive Functioning 4. Self-Awareness 5. Friendships

**Targeted Scripts (Visual Scripts)-** for **automaticity** Written examples of phrases or sentences developed for students to utilize for the purpose of social engagements across a variety of settings.

“Set up” opportunities to practice skills at lunch, library, etc.