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Why should I do it:
Interpersonal skills are an important part of students’ development
Improves self-esteem
Increases student buy-in
Creates a more cohesive class and group
Helps students help one another
Increases instructional time
Decreases time spent repeating directions, rehashing lessons, etc
Improves students’ moods, affect, and emotional stability
Helps students to interact with adults
Helps students to elicit help from teachers and others
Teaches students important life skills for dealing with others
Reduces conflicts, arguing, and fighting
Improves the environment of the room/school
Helps students make and keep friends
Improves coping skills
Increases self-confidence
When should I do it:
All students can benefit from being taught relationship skills
With students who seem to be “loners”
With students that are frequently involved or starting or taking part in drama
With students that say no one likes them or they have no friends
With students who have trouble asking for help
When students seem socially awkward
When students cannot get along with others
When students instigate, annoy, bug, etc, others
With students who are immature
When other students shun, avoid, or ostracize others
When students bully or are bullied
When students create or spread rumors
When students have trouble sharing, compromising, listening to others’ opinions, etc
When students seem intolerant of others
How do I do it:
Use any opportunity to model and role play relationship skills, like when a student name calls and others choose not to play with them, when a student shares, when a student helps another, etc
Teach lessons on relationships, friendships, getting along with others, tolerance, etc
Take students aside to discuss and have them reflect on how their behaviors affect others, what behaviors would make others want to be friends with them, etc
Have students partner up and work on projects together
Assign work partners
Help kids set goals with making friends or getting to know others
Try the supports and resources below
Support & resources for technique:
10 Ways to Improve Your Interpersonal Skills
50 Tips On How To Make Friends
A Social Skills Lesson: What Is A Friend
Caring Lesson Younger Students
Draw a picture or write in a journal
Empathy 101: 1o Commandments Of Human Relationships
Encourage interaction with a more self confident student
Fact Sheet About Dating Violenc.pdf
Fairness Lesson Younger Students Activity
Fairness/Justice Lesson Older Students Activity
Getting Along With Parents Lesson
How To Build Friendships With Good Listening Skills
How To Make Friends And Get S Social Life
How To Make Friends At School: Helping Your Pre-teen Overcome Shyness
How to Socialize, Be Funny and Make Friends
Kid’s Health: Peer Group Pressure
Kid’s Health: Problems With The Teacher
Kid’s Health: Teasing Others And How To Stop
Kid’s Health: What Is Diversity?
Preventing Conflicts & Violence Lesson
Respect Lesson Older Students Activity
Respect Lesson Younger Students Activity
Social Skills Lesson Plan: Initiating Interaction With Peers
Teach conflict resolution skills
Teaching empathy: Evidence-based tips for fostering empathy in children
Trustworthiness Lesson Older Students Activity
Trustworthiness Lesson Younger Students Activity
Great Social Skills Training & Tips Geared Toward Adults But Easily Adapted And Applied Toward Children & Adolescents
Activities People Do When They Hang Around Each Other
Anxious Traits That Can Hinder Your Social Success
At Times It's Socially Practical To Know Things Other People Care About
Being Honest With Yourself About Your Social Problems
Being Too Negative Can Hinder Your Social Success
Benefits Of Improving Your Social Skills, Even If You Don't Care About Them
Dealing With Regrets Caused By Your Poor People Skills
Examples: Starting Conversations, Inviting People Out, and More
How Being Less Naturally Social Can Affect Your Interpersonal Success
How To Be More Friendly And Social
How To Talk To Shyer and/or Less Social People
How Your Interests Can Affect Your Social Success
Insecure Traits And Behaviors That Hinder Your Social Success
Is Bitterness Holding You Back Socially?
Is It Okay To Hang Out With Another Guy One On One?
Is Thinking You're Better Than Other People Holding You Back Socially?
Learning To Make More Eye Contact With People
Little Social Annoyances That Will Never Go Away
Loosen Up To Be More Socially Successful
Mistakes Lonely People Often Make
My Experience With Becoming More Self-Confident
Other People Often Aren't As Shallow As They Seem
Reasons People Can Mistakenly Think They Don't Like Something
Reflections on Being Defensive and Secretive
Reflections On Getting Over Low Self-Esteem
Some Interpersonal Pitfalls More Intellectual Types Can Fall Into
Some Thoughts On The Point Of Small Talk
Some Tips On How To Be Less Quiet In Conversations
Some Ways People Are Mentally Lazy About Judging Others
The Importance of Getting Your Appearance In Order
The Importance Of Simplicity And The Basics In Social Interactions...
Thoughts On ‘Connecting’ With People
Thoughts On How to Be More Interesting
Thoughts On How To Make A Conversation
Thoughts on Seeming Less Weird
Traits That Help You Hang Out With Other People
Ways People Can Unintentionally Leave Friends Out Of Social Events
When People Say "How's It Going?", "What's Up?" or "What's New?"
When You Feel Like Your Friends Suck
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