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A Research-Based Social Skills Curriculum For Middle School Students With Special Needs, Lynn Bruvold Ellis
A Research-Based Social Skills Curriculum For Middle School Students With Special Needs, Lynn Bruvold Ellis
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Social skills instruction is an essential part of special education programming. There are many different approaches to social skills instruction, and there are studies that show the benefits to these different approaches. The research presented here seeks to answer this question: What methods of social skills instruction are most effective for middle school students? Studies included explore the use of literacy-based interventions, direct instruction, group-orientated contingency, and other methods of social skills interventions. Following the literature review this researcher created a three-year social skills curriculum designed for special education students in the middle school setting.