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EJ545946 EC616006

Title: Preferred and Promising Practices for Social Skills Instruction.
Author(s):: Sugai, George; Lewis, Timothy J.
Source: Focus on Exceptional Children, v29 n4 p1-16 Dec 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0015-511X
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1997
Target Audience: Practitioners

Discusses the strategies and structures necessary for fostering social competence in all children, especially those at risk of academic or social failure. Discusses strategies for assessing and understanding social skills problems, teaching social skills, and preferred practices for achieving generalized responding. Also provides guidelines for developing, examining, and selecting a social skills curriculum. (CR)

Descriptors: *Curriculum Development; Educational Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Methods; Generalization; Interpersonal Communication; *Interpersonal Competence; Peer Relationship; *Skill Development; *Special Needs Students; Student Evaluation