This presentation is on Social Skills Training for CWSN.

1. Social Skills Training for
Children with Special Needs
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

2. Foster and Ritchey (1979) defined
Social Skills as
•“those situationally-specific behaviors that
maximize the probability of securing or
maintaining reinforcement and decreasing the
likelihood of punishment or extinction
contingent upon one’s social behavior.”
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

3. •Human interaction takes place in an infinitely variable
and complex social contexts.
•Social skills deficits are comorbid with learning
disabilities in approximately 75% of affected students.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

4. • (a) social significance of behavioral
goals
• (b) social appropriateness (cost
effectiveness)
• (c) social importance as related to a
child’s quality of life
The Social skills
training must
be socially valid
and that social
validity has
three essential
components:
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

5. Children with
social skills deficits
may display
A lack of sensitivity
to others
Poor perception of
social situations
Difficulty in
making friends
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

6. Deficits will be
manifested in classrooms
as
Inappropriate
Social Behavior
Impulsive
Behavior
Disruptive Social
Behavior
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

7. Three essential components
to social skills training
facilitating
generalization
promoting
skill
acquisition
enhancing
skills
performance
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

8. Methods of Social Skills Training
• Direct instruction
• Coaching
• Modeling
• Rehearsal
• Shaping
• Prompting
• Reinforcement
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida

9. Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Asst.Prof., Army Institute of Education,
Greater Noida