A Politically Incorrect Look at Evidence-Based Practices and Teaching Social Skills: A Literature Review and Discussion
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Author: Michelle Garcia Winner
Publishing Info: Paperback 128 pages / April 2008
The concept of teaching “social skills” misrepresents the dynamic and complex process that is at the heart of social skill production. Before we can act socially, we need to be able to think socially. However, in general the fields related to education and counseling of school aged students have failed to study the complexity of teaching social learning. Instead, they have applied behavioral teachings in an attempt to tidy up “inappropriate behavior” without exploring whether, and to what extent, the behavior itself is caused by weak social thinking.
While we wait for public policy to catch up with the ever-present and growing needs of our students, this essay will open doors to new understanding for parents, teachers, service providers and administrators about effective ways to teach social thinking and related social skills. Our idea of what constitutes “evidence based” practice within the realm of teaching social skills may shift and change as a result of this article. What remains constant, however, is our collective goal to equip our students with the knowledge and skills they need to become as independent as possible and contributing members of society and the world at large. In that, we are truly united.
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