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Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual
Impairment
Positive Interventions & Strategies
Why Teach Social Skills
Students with visual impairments require mediation of the environment
Students with visual impairments acquire social skills much differently than their sighted peers
Social behavior permeates all that we do in the world around us.
Why Teach Social Skills: Continued
Having a repertoire of social skills allows students to develop positive friendships.
Socially competent behavior facilitates employment and independent living opportunities in adult life.
The acquisition of socially skills behaviors promotes social competence & nurtures self-esteem.
Why Teach Social Skills: Continued
Having a repertoire of social skills allows students to develop positive friendships.
Socially competent behavior facilitates employment and independent living opportunities in adult life.
The acquisition of socially skills behaviors promotes social competence & nurtures self-esteem.
Definition of Social Skills
Trait ModelComponent or Molecular ModelCognitive Behavioral
Assessment of Social Skills
ObservationInterviewsSocial Skills ChecklistsRole Play ScenariosVideo & Audio TapesStudent Self-evaluationProblem Solving Scenarios
Types of Social Skills Assessment
Social Skills Assessment Tool: V.I.School Social Behavior ScaleSocial Skills Rating SystemWalker-McConnell Scale of Social
competence & School AdjustmentPeer nomination & rating scales
Sequential Model for Teaching Social Skills
Awareness---BehavioralInteractive---Development of
RelationshipsStudent Self-Evaluation--Cognitive
Behavioral
Social Skills Interventionstions
Structured behavioralCognitive behavioralProblem solving scenariosPeer-Mediation Student sself-monitoringUse of mentors & role modelsAudio/video feedback
Social Skills Interventions for Students with MD/VI
Use of scripts for promoting age-appropriate communication
Provide real experiences with peers that promote socialization
Teach games & activities that foster interaction
Use social initiators to facilitate interaction
Social Skills Intervention Strategies for Teens
Assertiveness Training & Strong Communication Skills
Promoting Self-AdvocacyTaking Responsibility for Ones’s
Actions & BelongingsTaking the Role of Others &
ReciprocationUnderstanding Non-Verbal Cues
Intervention Strategies Continued
Interpreting Non-Verbal BehaviorNurturing IndependencePromoting Decision-Making &
Problem SolvingIssues of Sexuality & Positive Social
RelationshipsPromoting Work Experience &
Employment
Role of the TVI in Teaching Social Skills
Develop partnerships with general education teachers, specialists, and families.
Create & encourage opportunities for students to practice social skills.
Encourage students to participate in a range of after-school & community activities.
Role of the TVI Continued
Provide opportunities for students to discuss their visual impairment with others.
Provide consistent information to the student about social performance.
Have clear & realistic expectations for the student.
Believe that the student can be socially competent.