Social Skills

Teachers, Educational Assistants (EAs) and the Making Connections Worker (MCW) use strategies to support students with social difficulties

Some students naturally understand social context and expected behaviours. However, just like any other learning, sometimes social situations and behaviours need to be explicitly taught. Teachers use a variety of strategies in the classroom and with individuals to support this learning:

Superflex

Social Detective

Social Stories

Below, you will find Parent Resources. Sharing information is part of the TCS commitment to partner with parents to provide resources and connections to help parents support their child.

Most of these are from sources outside of TCS, so please use your discretion.

Learning About Bullying & Empathy

PBS explores the topics of bullying and empathy with activities that go along with the Arthur video So Funny I Forgot to Laugh. You can view the video with your child here. Then, use the Guide for Parents with the interactive comic to talk about the issues and help your child understand empathy for others.

Navigating the Junior High Social Scene

Jarvis Clutch, Social Spy by Mel Levine (TCS has a few of these books that may be loaned to support adolescent students with weak social skills learn to navigate the world of junior high social situations.)

"Social interactions are often the most stressful aspect of adolescent life. In this book, the author teams up with fictitious eighth-grader Jarvis Clutch to offer insight and advice on the middle school social scene. Jarvis's spy notes provide a bird'seye view of the often traumatic social experiences that middle school students are bound to encounter. His wry perspective is alternated with commentary and wisdom from Dr. Mel Levine, who provides an analysis of social situations from an expert's perspective and shares the terminology that students need to understand what it is that makes social interactions so difficult. Jarvis and Dr. Levine cover such pertinent topics as peer pressure, how to handle aggression, finding your niche, popularity, shyness, and academic success, just to name a few."