For successful social interactions Kids need to have the following skills.
Attend to and/or accurately interpret both verbal and non-verbal social cues and nuances
Seek attention in appropriate ways
Appreciate how one’s behavior affects other people (vs often
surprised by others’ responses)
Empathize with others, appreciating and taking another person’s perspective or point of view into account
Appreciate how one or one's behavior is coming across or being perceived by others
Appreciate how one's behavior is affecting other people
Ability to attribute the likely motives to other people's behavior and interpret the behavior correctly in terms of the context
Having a wide repertoire of social responses
Pragmatic skills like knowing how to start a conversation, enter into a group , being reciprocal , keep a conversation going and explore issues
Links and resources - Social skills
http://www.greatschools.org/articles/?topics=157&language=EN
http://eps.schoolspecialty.com/products/details.cfm?series=2620m Jarvis Clutch – Social Spy by Mel Levine
http://www.thegraycenter.org/social-stories/what-are-social-stories
http://www.parentingscience.com/social-skills-activities.html
http://www.socialthinking.com/what-is-social-thinking/ilaugh-model - I laugh model of Social Cognition
http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/behavior social skills
Allan
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