Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs -- About This Book -- About the Author -- Contents -- Preface -- How This Book Is Organized -- How to Use These Materials -- Part I Learning Basic Social Skills -- Chapter 1 Skills to Make a Good Impression -- Skill 1: Making a First Impression -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 1: What Is a Good Impression? -- Worksheet 2: Your Appearance -- Worksheet 3: Your Attitude -- Worksheet 4: Getting Prepared -- Worksheet 5: Asking Appropriate Questions -- Skill 2: Thinking About My Behavior -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 6: Picked out of a Crowd -- Worksheet 7: Ways to Blend In -- Worksheet 8: Unusual Behaviors -- Worksheet 9: Behaviors That You Can't Help -- Worksheet 10: Neutral Behavior -- Skill 3: Getting Rid of Annoying Tendencies -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 11: Invading Personal Space -- Worksheet 12: Interrupting -- Worksheet 13: Repeating Yourself -- Worksheet 14: Bodily Noises -- Worksheet 15: Being Bossy -- Skill 4: Having a Pleasant Voice and Breath -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 16: Voice Volume -- Worksheet 17: Voice Tone -- Worksheet 18: Using Appropriate Language -- Worksheet 19: Just Answer the Question! -- Worksheet 20: Bad Breath -- Skill 5: Being a Good Listener -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 21: Identifying a Good Listener -- Worksheet 22: How to Be a Good Listener -- Worksheet 23: Important Listening Situations -- Worksheet 24: What Problems Do You See? -- Worksheet 25: Skit Revisited: Identifying the Listening Skills -- Skill 6: Sharpening My Communication Skills -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 26: What Is Communication? -- Worksheet 27: Communication Through Behavior -- Worksheet 28: Communication Through Expressions -- Worksheet 29: Messages -- Worksheet 30: Practice Your Communication Skills -- Skill 7: Sizing Up My Reputation -- Instructor Pages.

Worksheet 31: What Others Say About You -- Worksheet 32: Developing a Reputation -- Worksheet 33: Misjudging Others -- Worksheet 34: What Kind of Reputation Do You Want? -- Worksheet 35: Changing Your Reputation -- Chapter 2 Skills for Self-Improvement -- Skill 8: Having a Good Sense of Humor -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 36: Benefits of a Sense of Humor -- Worksheet 37: Creating Humor Appropriately -- Worksheet 38: Easing Tension with Humor -- Worksheet 39: Laughing WITH, not Laughing AT -- Worksheet 40: Using Humor to Include Others -- Skill 9: Expressing Myself Appropriately -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 41: Expressing Myself with Words -- Worksheet 42: Waiting Before Responding -- Worksheet 43: Avoiding Getting Upset -- Worksheet 44: Public vs. Private Conversations -- Worksheet 45: Communicating via E-Mail -- Skill 10: Viewing Things Realistically -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 46: Making Realistic Changes -- Worksheet 47: Improbable or Impossible? -- Worksheet 48: Making Changes for the Better: Habits and Friends -- Worksheet 49: Making Changes for the Better: Attitudes and Actions -- Worksheet 50: It Could Happen . . . -- Skill 11: Standing Up for Myself -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 51: That's Not Right! -- Worksheet 52: What Do I Believe? -- Worksheet 53: Why Do I Think That Way? -- Worksheet 54: Beliefs and Behavior -- Worksheet 55: What's the Problem? -- Skill 12: Making Good Decisions -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 56: Questions to Ask Yourself -- Worksheet 57: A Decision-Making Chart -- Worksheet 58: What Decision Needs to Be Made? -- Worksheet 59: When You Need More Information -- Worksheet 60: Head vs. Heart Decisions -- Skill 13: Controlling My Emotions -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 61: Why Should We Control Our Emotions? -- Worksheet 62: First Reaction -- Worksheet 63: What Triggers Your Emotions?.

Worksheet 64: Controlling What You Show -- Worksheet 65: Alternative Reactions -- Skill 14: Making Good Friends -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 66: Is This a Good Friend? -- Worksheet 67: Ways to Make Friends -- Worksheet 68: Are You a Good Friend? -- Worksheet 69: Friends Affect Us -- Worksheet 70: Why We Want Friends -- Skill 15: Using Common Sense -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 71: What's Common About Common Sense? -- Worksheet 72: Looking for Clues -- Worksheet 73: Thinking Harder -- Worksheet 74: Thinking Smarter -- Worksheet 75: Using Your Common Sense -- Skill 16: Having a Good Work Ethic -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 76: Understanding the Job -- Worksheet 77: Staying on Task -- Worksheet 78: Knowing When to Ask for Help -- Worksheet 79: Making a Quick Decision -- Worksheet 80: Job Completion -- Chapter 3 Skills for Being Around Others -- Skill 17: "Reading" Other People -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 81: A New Kind of Reading -- Worksheet 82: Facial Expressions -- Worksheet 83: Tone of Voice -- Worksheet 84: Body Language -- Worksheet 85: Sincerity -- Skill 18: Knowing Expectations -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 86: Knowing What to Expect: People -- Worksheet 87: Knowing What to Expect: Situations -- Worksheet 88: Knowing What Is Expected: Tasks -- Worksheet 89: Knowing What to Expect: Past Experiences -- Worksheet 90: Knowing What Is Expected: Commonsense Clues -- Skill 19: Negotiating or Compromising -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 91: Negotiation as a Social Skill -- Worksheet 92: Why You Can't Always Have Your Own Way -- Worksheet 93: Situations to Negotiate -- Worksheet 94: Things That Aren't Negotiable -- Worksheet 95: Practice Negotiating -- Skill 20: Understanding Another's Point of View -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 96: Introduction to a Different Viewpoint -- Worksheet 97: Identifying Different Points of View.

Worksheet 98: What's the Basis for This Point of View? -- Worksheet 99: Changing Your Situation, Changing Your Opinion -- Worksheet 100: What Are Your Opinions? -- Skill 21: Being Flexible -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 101: Handling Changes -- Worksheet 102: Changing Your Plans -- Worksheet 103: Changing Your Mind -- Worksheet 104: Being Open to New Things -- Worksheet 105: Reflecting -- Skill 22: Respecting Authority -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 106: Interacting with Your Supervisor -- Worksheet 107: When Your Boss Is Wrong -- Worksheet 108: Other Authority Figures -- Worksheet 109: Other Types of Authority -- Worksheet 110: What Would You Do? -- Skill 23: Making Others Feel Comfortable -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 111: The Play -- Worksheet 112: Embarrassing Moments for Others -- Worksheet 113: Helping Others Through Stressful or Uncomfortable Situations -- Worksheet 114: Ordinary Times to Be Outgoing -- Worksheet 115: Things to Beware Of! -- Skill 24: Working with Others -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 116: Sharing a Job -- Worksheet 117: Working as a Team -- Worksheet 118: Cooperating with Authority -- Worksheet 119: Brainstorming -- Worksheet 120: Carrying Out Your Responsibilities -- Skill 25: Dealing with Strangers -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 121: Being Overly Friendly to Strangers -- Worksheet 122: Strangers Who Ask Too Much -- Worksheet 123: When You Want Something -- Worksheet 124: Rude Behavior of Others -- Worksheet 125: From Stranger to Friend -- Skill 26: Reacting Appropriately to Peer Pressure -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 126: Feeling the Pressure -- Worksheet 127: Everybody's Doing It -- Worksheet 128: Positive and Negative Peer Pressure -- Worksheet 129: When There's a Conflict -- Worksheet 130: Resisting Negative Pressure -- Skill 27: Revealing Yourself to Others -- Instructor Pages.

Worksheet 131: Mysterious or Just Plain Quiet? -- Worksheet 132: Why Tell About Yourself? -- Worksheet 133: Revealing Things to Be Polite -- Worksheet 134: Revealing Things to Make Conversation -- Worksheet 135: Take a Risk, Open Up -- Part II Using Social Skills -- Chapter 4 Using Social Skills at Home -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 136: Getting Along with Parents -- Worksheet 137: Getting Along with Siblings -- Worksheet 138: Balancing Responsibilities and Desires -- Worksheet 139: Intrusions on Privacy -- Worksheet 140: Handling a Divorce or Family Split -- Worksheet 141: Living with Abusive or Dysfunctional Family Members -- Worksheet 142: Spending Quality Time with My Family -- Worksheet 143: Learning About My Family -- Worksheet 144: Becoming Independent -- Worksheet 145: Forgiving Others -- Worksheet 146: I'm Embarrassed About My Family -- Worksheet 147: Being Proud of My Family -- Chapter 5 Using Social Skills at School -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 148: Getting Along with Teachers or Authority Figures -- Worksheet 149: Managing a Social Life -- Worksheet 150: Asking for Help -- Worksheet 151: Failing Classes -- Worksheet 152: Discipline Problems -- Worksheet 153: Intimidation from Other Students -- Worksheet 154: Developing a Bad Attitude Toward School -- Worksheet 155: Getting Involved in Extracurricular Activities -- Worksheet 156: Giving Extra Effort Toward Excellence -- Worksheet 157: School Goals -- Worksheet 158: Work-Study Options -- Worksheet 159: School Safety -- Chapter 6 Using Social Skills At Work -- Instructor Pages -- Worksheet 160: Getting Along with Your Supervisor -- Worksheet 161: Getting Along with Coworkers -- Worksheet 162: Understanding the Skills Required for the Job -- Worksheet 163: Developing Good Work Habits -- Worksheet 164: Following Instructions -- Worksheet 165: Dealing with Complaining Customers.

Worksheet 166: Being Resourceful.