Most primary school classrooms include one or more children who have difficulty with social skills. This could be due to a diagnosis of a condition such as: Autism, Aspergers or Down Syndrome. Difficulties may also relate to a child’s social circumstances within their family and community, needing a little extra help to relate to their peers.
Social Skills at primary level include:
Greetings
Understanding 2-way communication
Conversation skills
Eye contact
Body language
How we relate to each other
How does SST help with child’s future social development?
Children who lack social skills may:
Have difficulty making and maintaining friendships
Become socially isolated when they are older
Be at risk of emotional and psychological disorders
Experience fear of rejection and failure
Social Skills Training (SST) is a vital part of child development and could well be the most valuable lesson you teach today.
How can our programmes help?
Through ‘Hello’ and ‘How Are You?’ primary social skills are taught in a fun and easy way. Teach both 1-1 on a laptop/PC – and include the full class on your whiteboard.
Having both options is great to help with integration of special needs children into mainstream classes.
Even better - our interactive game includes all the teaching resources you need to print and use.
To view demos of our games visit: http://www.hometrain.ie
You can go there for more social skills information too.
Claire.
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