Promoting Social Success : A Curriculum for Children with Special Needs

About the Authors ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii An Introduction to the Promoting Social Success Curriculum 1(22) Appendix 23(10) Introductory Lessons Coming Together to Form the Group 33(4) Introducing Role Play 37(2) Practicing Role Play 39(4) Introducing Problem-Solving Meetings 43(4) Practicing Problem-Solving Meetings 47(6) Understanding Feelings and Actions: Emotional and Behavioral Regulation Using Feeling Words 53(4) Identifying Happy Expressions 57(4) Understanding Sadness 61(6) The Difference Between Alone and Lonely 67(10) Understanding Fear 77(4) When Are We Surprised? 81(4) Understanding Love and Hate 85(8) Understanding Frustration 93(4) Understanding Anger 97(4) Feelings in Different Contexts 101(6) Different People Have Different Emotions 107(6) Understanding Emotional Intensity 113(8) What to Do When You Are Angry 121(8) Expressing Feelings in Appropriate Ways 129(14) Why Calming Down Is Important 143(14) Ways to Calm Down 157(6) Introducing the Red Light Calming Down Steps 163(6) Practicing the Calming Down Steps 169(4) Applying the Calming Down Steps 173(4) Reviewing the Calming Down Steps 177(4) What Helps Me Calm Down? 181(10) Reviewing Feeling Words 191(4) Using Social Information: Noticing and Interpreting Cues Introducing the Yellow Light Thinking Steps 195(4) Introducing Body Language 199(10) Interpreting Body Language 209(6) Interpreting Tone of Voice (Feelings) 215(4) Interpreting Tone of Voice (Sincerity) 219(6) Accident or On Purpose? 225(16) Identifying Intention 241(8) Is This Mean? 249(8) How to Tell When Someone Is Busy 257(10) Reacting to Other People 267(6) Reviewing Emotional Displays 273(4) Reviewing Social Situations 277(8) Planning What to Do: Problem Solving What Does it Mean to Have Goals? 285(10) Identifying Goals 295(6) Practicing Identifying Goals 301(6) Generating Strategies to Solve a Problem 307(8) Practicing Generating Strategies 315(6) Generating Multiple Strategies 321(6) Assertive Problem-Solving Strategies 327(4) Using Compromise as a Strategy 331(10) Predicting Consequences 341(4) Practicing Strategy Selection 345(4) Introducing the Green Light Action Steps 349(6) How Did it Go? 355(6) What to Do If We Don't Reach Our Goal 361(10) Applying the Problem-Solving Steps 371(6) Reviewing Problem-Solving Skills 377(8) Making and Keeping Friends: Social Knowledge What Makes a Good Friend? 385(6) The Ups and Downs of Friendship 391(2) The Importance of Trust 393(6) Give and Take 399(4) Encouraging Empathy 403(4) Communicating with Friends 407(4) Dealing with Rejection 411(6) Sharing Hurt Feelings with Friends 417(2) Coping with Teasing 419(4) The Importance of Forgiveness 423(2) Keeping Friends 425(4) The Importance of Compliments 429(8) General Reproducibles Body Language Photographs 437(20) Large Feeling Faces 457(14) Small Feeling Faces 471(16) Parent Newsletters 487(8) Role-Play Footprints 495(4) Stoplight Posters 499(4) Bibliography 503