Activities, Games, and Lessons for Social Learning (eBook)

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword by Kari Dunn Buron
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
INTRODUCTION: WHY SOCIAL LEARNING? WHY NOW?
What Is the Need for Social Learning?
What Is the Ideal Approach to Social Learning?
What Does Social Learning Look Like for Students?
Section 1: Teaching Self-Regulation
CHAPTER 1. Self-Regulation: The Basics
What Is Self-Regulation?
Functions of Behaviors and Interventions
Cognitive Skills
The Sensory System
CHAPTER 2. Lesson Plans for Teaching Self-Regulation
Table 2.1 Self-Regulation Lesson Plans Overview
Lesson 1: Suspend
Lesson 2: Taboo
Lesson 3: Tenzi
Lesson 4: Chill Out
Lesson 5: Flexibility Points
Lesson 6: Balloon Release
Lesson 7: Uno
Lesson 8: Personal Space Role-Play
Lesson 9: SKIP-BO
Lesson 10: Spit
Section 2: Teaching Social Communication
CHAPTER 3. Social Communication: The Basics
Relationship Types
Complexities of Social Communication
Nonverbal Communication
Teaching Conversation
CHAPTER 4. Lesson Plans for Teaching Social Communication
Table 4.1 Social Communication Lesson Plans Overview
Lesson 1: Hidden Message
Lesson 2: I Doubt It
Lesson 3: Follow-Up Questions
Lesson 4: Hedbanz
Lesson 5: Relationship Types Card Sort
Lesson 6: 5-Second Rule
Lesson 7: Hidden Objects
Lesson 8: Ball Toss Communication
Lesson 9: Word on the Street
Lesson 10: Beanbag Crash
Section 3: Teaching Perspective-Taking
CHAPTER 5. Perspective-Taking: The Basics
Theory of Mind
Social Cognitive Theory
Informal Assessment Tasks
The Intersection of Perspective-Taking and Social Communication
Hidden Curriculum
Levels of Friendship
Listen, Care, Change
Comic Strip Conversations and Social Stories
CHAPTER 6. Lesson Plans for Teaching Perspective-Taking
Table 6.1 Perspective-Taking Lesson Plans Overview
Lesson 1: Apples to Apples Personalized
Lesson 2: Celebrity
Lesson 3: Telephone in Pictures and Words
Lesson 4: Spoons
Lesson 5: Suspicion
Lesson 6: Picture Sequencing Activity
Lesson 7: Faceland
Lesson 8: Listen, Care, Change
Lesson 9: Guess My Gaze
Lesson 10: Bubble Talk
CONCLUSION
Resources
References
Index