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In chapter 7, the author introduces fishing for friends, the provided suggestions include the importance of friendship, the support to help children grow friends, and the specific conversational skills, are so comprehensive.
In section 3, the author introduces the basic communication skills, which include eye contact, facial expression, gesture, posture and so on, for the reader to develop their interpersonal social framework. Moreover, the author also mentioned a man who wants to develop social skills need to focus on the hidden nooks and crannies of interaction.
From chapters 1 to 8, the author comprehensively introduces how to prepare, organize, and relax after role play activities for the 8-11 years old children, the professionals can take advantage of the psychological and social nature of the activities to foster the social and emotional growth of elementary-aged children.
In chapter 8, the author explains the importance of children’s relationships with peers and friends, then uses the friendship framework to explain the children’s ideas. Moreover, the author also provide some suggestion for children to choose a friend and some useful social skills. Besides, some suggestion for the adults to support children’s relationships.
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In part III, the authors provide some articles about peer interactions, the theme includes the beginnings of peer relations, children’s play and peer relations, the conflict between peers and so on.
This book includes comprehensive articles about social skills training for children and youth. From chapters 1 to 4, the articles focus on the children's social skills training, and from chapters 6 to 8, the articles introduce adolescents' social skills training.
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This book systematically introduces a series of social skills, including gestures, how to make friends and date, empathy, etc. These are very practical skills that can help readers improve social skills and make more friends.
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The content of this book is very comprehensive. The main content can be divided into three parts: verbal and non-verbal social skills, how to deal with conflict, how to deal with team relationships. These skills mentioned in this book can be used in work or life.
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Journal Articles
Journal Articles
A meta-analysis of virtual reality training programs for social skill development
This article performs a meta-analysis to determine the overall effectiveness of VR training programs for developing social skills, and they also study the effect of several moderating variables that may influence the effectiveness of these programs. 23 samples were included in our meta-analysis. The finding shows that VR training programs, on average, perform better than alternative training programs for developing social skills, but almost all the other findings contradict current notions regarding these programs.
Effects of social skill training program on social skills of young people
This research was done in order to investigate the effects of the social skill training program on the social skill levels of young people in the age of military service in Cyprus. The sample of the investigation consists of 68 young people.As a result of the comparison, there were significant differences found between the pre-test scores of the test group before the execution of the social skill training program and post-test scores after the execution of the social skill training program. The final finding is concluded that the social skill training program has a positive impact on the social skill level of participants.
This study aimed to increase social skills for Universitas Indonesia's freshmen through the application of Social Skill Training. Subjects of this study were seven Universitas Indonesias students. The finding is that their social skills increased, indicated by improvement in Social Skills Inventory, and also by qualitative evaluation. Group dynamics and experiential learning allowed them to learn from the experiences of other participants.
Comparison of pre-service teachers’ social skill levels
The aim of this study was to compare the social skill levels of university students from three different teaching departments. The study sample consisted of 100 students from the physical education and sports teaching department. The finding is social skills scores did not differ significantly by parents' education level while they differed significantly by place of residence. Female pre-service teachers have a higher level of social skills than male pre-service teachers.
Websites
Websites
This platform is for the Visually Impaired set by the Canada Ministry of Education and Child Care. Moreover, it provides plenty of resources about social interaction skills, the resources can be divided into three parts.
Connections to the British Columbia Curriculum – Core Competencies
Social Interaction Skills – Students with Visual Impairments
Resources to Support Instruction
Teach social interaction skills
This platform is an initiative of the Ministry of Education of New Zealand, and it provides specific steps to help the teacher to achieve the goal of developing students’ social skills in class, the details are as follows.
Review students’ social development
Targeted social skills teaching
Activities to improve social interaction skills
Create exemplars of social scenarios
Reflection
TED Talk
TED Talk
A Mentalist Guide to Social Interaction
Thomas Grudzinski shares three life hacks which are key to building good habits for social interaction as follows.
Be bold (Unlearn your social fears & Notice and compliment people)
Be a good listener
Be passionate (Everyone is unique & Be passionate when are talking)
References
References
1. Bukowski, W. M., Laursen, B. P., & Rubin, K. H. (2018). Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups. The Guilford Press.
2. Erdoğan, E., & Çargıt, B. (2018). Comparison of pre-service teachers’ social skill levels. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 6(12), 2907–2912. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2018.061225
3. Ferrara, M. H., & LaMeau, M. P. (2015). Social skills. Gale, Cengage Learning.
4. Glenn, C. (2017). Teaching social skills through role play. Rowman & Littlefield.
5. Gokel, O., & Dagli, G. (2017). Effects of social skill training program on social skills of young people. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(11), 7365–7373. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79615
6. Howard, M. C., & Gutworth, M. B. (2020). A meta-analysis of virtual reality training programs for social skill development. Computers and Education, 144, 103707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103707
7. Hutchings, S. (2019). The social skills handbook : practical activities for social communication. Routledge.
8. Kostelnik, M. J., Whiren, A. P., Soderman, A. K., & Rupiper, M. (2018). Guiding children’s social development & learning : theory and skills. Cengage Learning.
9. LeCroy, C. W. (2014). Social skills training for children and youth. Haworth Press.
10. Novick, B. J. (2018). The balanced child: teaching children and students the gifts of social skills. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
11. PRCVI. (n.d.). Social Interaction Skills. https://prcvi.org/resources/the-expanded-core-curriculum/social-interaction-skills/
12. Te Kete Ipurangi. (n.d.). Teach social interaction skills. https://inclusive.tki.org.nz/guides/behaviour-and-learning/teach-social-interaction-skills/
13. TED. (2018, October 01). A Mentalist Guide to Social Interaction | Tom Indigo | TEDxBismarck [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJZee6NjaZ0
14. Wendler, D. (2014). Improve your social skills. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
15. Witarso, L. S., & Utoyo, D. B. (2018). The Application of Social Skill Training as Intervention to Improve Social Skill for A Small Number of Freshmen Students. International Journal of Indonesian Education and Teaching, 2(2), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.24071/ijiet.2018.020204
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