How to Choose the Right Social Skill Builder Tool
Social Skill Builder software targets development of 103 specific skills in
four categories: self-management skills (e.g., using self-control, dealing
with teasing), assertion skills (e.g., asking for help, introducing yourself),
academic skills (e.g., completing tasks, organizing materials), and compliance
skills (e.g., following rules, waiting for your turn). The list of skills addressed
by each of our CD-ROM products -- Preschool Playtime Vol. 1 & 2, My School
Day, My Community,
and School Rules! Vol. 1 & 2 -- appears below.
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| Self-Management Skills |
| Accept Consequences |
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| Accept No |
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| Be a Good Sport |
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| Be Honest |
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| Compromise |
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| Deal with Anger |
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| Deal with Conflicts |
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| Deal with Being Left Out |
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| Deal with Disappointment |
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| Deal with Hurt Feelings |
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| Deal with Own Feelings |
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| Deal with Peer Pressure |
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| Deal with Teasing |
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| Ignore Inappropriate Behavior |
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| Interrupt Appropriately |
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| Negotiate |
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| Polite Responses |
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| Plan What to Say |
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| Shifting Activities |
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| Stranger Safety |
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| Personal Hygiene |
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| Personal Safety |
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| Use Appropriate Tone of Voice |
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| Use Cognitive Planning |
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| Appropriate Telephone Etiquette |
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| Use Self-Control |
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| Assertion Skills |
| Accept Compliments |
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| Give Compliments |
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| Agree/Disagree Appropriately |
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| Ask for Help |
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| Ask a Question |
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| Be Responsible |
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| Express Feelings |
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| Comment on Discussion |
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| Give Constructive Criticism |
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| Give Directions |
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| Give Information |
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| Introduce yourself |
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| Join in the group |
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| Make Complaints |
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| Make Decisions |
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| Make Request |
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| Participate |
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| Receive Compliments |
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| Resist Fighting |
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| Resist Teasing Others |
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| Start a Friendship |
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| Telling on Others |
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| Using Eye Contact |
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| Using Good Body Language |
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| Choose Right Time and Place |
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| Contribute to Group or Team |
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| Cooperate |
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| Gestures, Understand and Use |
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| Give Encouragement and Support |
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| Greetings |
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| Give Reasons |
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| Humor Understanding and Use |
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| Idioms and Figurative Language |
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| Listen to Others |
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| Make Comments |
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| Make Friends |
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| Offer Help |
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| Play/Work Cooperatively |
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| Respect Differences |
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| Say Thank You |
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| Share |
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| Stay on Topic |
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| Switch Conversational Topics |
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| Take Another Perspective |
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| Apologizing |
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| Asking to Play |
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| Take Turns |
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| Trading |
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| Use of Facial Expression |
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| Use of Manners |
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| Use of Personal Space/Proximity |
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| Talking Too Much/Verbosity |
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| Bullies |
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| Understand and Use of Slang |
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| Wait for Speaker to Finish |
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| Academic Skills |
| Bring All Needed Materials to Class |
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| Completing Assignments |
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| Organize Materials/Tasks |
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| Identifying Characteristics in Others |
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| Executive Functioning Skills |
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| Make Inferences |
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| Compliance Skills |
| Job Descriptions |
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| Reading Environmental Context Cues |
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| Understand and Use of Compromise |
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| Understanding Exceptions to the Rules |
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| Ask for Permission |
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| Follow Rules |
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| Recognize Group Goal |
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| Wait for Turn |
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| Accepting a Mistake |
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| Problem-Solving and Consequences |
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| Accepting Alternative Plans |
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| Cause and Effect of Social Decisions |
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| Appropriate Behavior with Differing Age Groups |
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| Social Strategies Dealing with Frustration |
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| Understanding Resources to Help |
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