Social Skills Basics Checklist
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- Social Play
- Maintain proximity to peers within 1 foot.
- Take turns during simple games.
- Play associatively with other children.
- Respond to interactions.
- Use appropriate greetings.
- Invite others to play.
- Organize play by suggesting play plan.
- Follow another peers play ideas.
- Give up toys and materials to peers.
- Offer toys and materials to peers.
- Emotions
- Identify likes and dislikes.
- Identify and label emotions in self.
- Identify emotions in others.
- Demonstrate affection.
- Demonstrate empathy toward peers.
- Uses tone of voice to convey a message.
- Allow others to comfort him/her.
- Deal with being teased in acceptable ways.
- Accept losing at a game without becoming upset.
- Deals with winning appropriately.
- Accept making mistakes without becoming upset or angry.
- Accept unexpected changes.
- Identify problems.
- Generate solutions.
- Group Skills
- Seek assistance from adults and/or peers.
- Give assistance to peers.
- Use appropriate attention seeking behaviors.
- Remain with group.
- Follow the group routine.
- Accept interruptions/unexpected change.
- Communication
- Initiate a conversation.
- Ask 'Wh' questions for information.
- Respond to 'Wh' questions.
- Make a variety of comments.
- Introduce him/herself to someone new.
- Maintain appropriate eye contact.
- Use an appropriate voice volume.
- Answer simple social questions.
- Answer questions about past events.
- Use mannerly words like please, thank you, and you're welcome.
- Give compliments regularly to others.
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