Social Skills: How to Plan Accordingly and Implement Successfully
This workshop requires some prior knowledge. Project ACCESS recommends that you complete the following workshop (s) before you enroll in this workshop: Autism 101
Social Skills: How to Plan Accordingly and Implement Successfully
Students across the Autism Spectrum Disorder are known to have difficulty with pragmatic skills. Research indicates the best predictor of positive outcomes (level of educational attainment, employment, criminal activity, substance abuse, and mental health) in young adulthood is their social functioning in Kindergarten, so how do we help? This workshop focuses on the theories behind social skills instruction and how they can work together to improve every student’s social competence.
Learning outcomes include:
- Participants will identify the evidence supporting the instruction of social skills for all students.
- Participants will identify key components of behavioral and cognitive strategies for social skills instruction and ways that they may work together.
- Participants will identify how to incorporate evidence based practices into a behavior skills training framework.
Workshop information
- Duration: one day
- Mode: online
- Prerequisite: Please complete AFIRM module over social skills training prior to attendance. A link will be sent in a follow-up email to sign up for the module upon registration in this workshop.
- Target Audience: Special education teachers, regular education teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and related services providers