Social skills instruction to support positive peer-peer and peer-teacher interactions

Location

Garden Terrace

Focused Area

Improving School Climate for Youth-At-Risk

Relevance to Focused Area

Fostering positive peer-to-peer and peer-to-teacher interactions can decrease challenging behaviors and improve academic outcomes (Clees & Greene, 2014; Kauffman, and Landrum 2009). Such social skills are exemplified by "following-teacher-directions," "making compliments," and "sharing." Teaching appropriate social skills has also been shown to decrease school violence and improve the overall school climate to support learning (Walker, Ramsey and gresham, 2004).

Primary Strand

Social & Emotional Skills

Relevance to Primary Strand

As noted, increased social competence and improved peer-to-peer and teacher-to-peer interactions in school settings have been linked to improved academic outcomes (Clinton & Clees, in press; Kauffman and Landrum, 2009) and cooperative activities (Clees and greene, 2014). By increasing teachers' understanding of the factors that promote generalization (Stokes and Osnes,1989) within a social skills instructional model, school climate and individual student success can be enhanced. The social skills model to be presented is research-based and can be modified to fit varying skills and settings to promote generalization.

Brief Program Description

This presentation will describe a research-based social skills instructional (SSI) model to promote social interaction and school success. Attendees will be able to describe the steps for designing and delivering SSI via a pragmatic example. This presentation will be of interest to teachers and clinical personnel, as well as administrators.

Summary

This presentation will describe a research-based social skills instruction (SSI) model to promote social skills for students with varying disabilities or who are at-risk. The presentation will provide a conceptual basis for the model, and will stress pragmatic design for teachers/school/clinical personnel, as well as parents. A pragmatic example from the presenters' research will be presented to exemplify the model. Upon completion of the presentation, attendees will be able to:

  • Design a social skills approach to assist students to follow teacher requests and interact in a prosocial manner with peers (give compliments, share)
  • Describe activities to promote the generalization of social skills across settings and individuals

Evidence

This evidence has been given elsewhere in this proposal, but generally it relies on the work of Gresham and Walker, both of whom have framed a conceptual basis for social some skills instruction. Walker has also developed social skills curricula on which components of the model are based. The model to be presented als relies heavily on the research by Stokes and Osnes related to factors that promote generalization. The model to be presented is evidence-based (peer reviewed research by the 1st presenter and colleagues in two journal articles; identifying information omitted).

Format

Poster Presentation

Biographical Sketch

Tom J. Clees

Dr. Clees has is an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Georgia. He has over 30 years of applied experience in clinical and University teaching. His areas of expertise include applied behavior analysis, self-management, social skills and transition.

Todd Stephens

Dr. Stephens is a Professor of Special Education at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. He has over thirty years of experience working to support individuals with learning and behavioral challenges in the community and schools, including teaching in schools and University settings. His areas of expertise include applied behavior analysis, behavioral disorders and intellectual disability.

Start Date

10-26-2017 4:45 PM

End Date

10-26-2017 5:45 PM

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Social skills instruction to support positive peer-peer and peer-teacher interactions

Garden Terrace

This presentation will describe a research-based social skills instructional (SSI) model to promote social interaction and school success. Attendees will be able to describe the steps for designing and delivering SSI via a pragmatic example. This presentation will be of interest to teachers and clinical personnel, as well as administrators.