The Social Skills for School program helps students develop an understanding of common school situations (e.g. no-one to play with), encourages verbal reasoning and problem-solving skills and helps students understand different points of view.

The program has been developed for Prep to Grade 2 students who require structured teaching of social skills.

Program Structure

The program targets the following skills:

• Understanding of different social scenarios that can occur at school
• Problem-solving to resolve issues
• Using language effectively with teachers and peers
• Identification of emotions

Each session includes:

• The introduction of the visual schedule. As each activity is completed, the relevant picture is placed on the finish line
• Discussion of a social situation scenario and possible choices to resolve the problem
• Identification of the emotions of each person in the scenario
• Personalised social story / script to be role-played

Program Requirements

The course The STA Program - Social Skills for School gives Education Support Officers the training and resources required to implement this program with the assistance of their school speech pathologist. Participants must have previously completed the Speech Therapy Assistant training course.