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Davey and Angela take on the topic of teaching students social skills in school and how to do this. They do this by critically reviewing the June 22, 2024 blog post by Dr. Howie Knoff. Dr. Howie advocates for a behavioral approach to teaching social skills in schools, particularly to pre-K through 3rd-grade students.
Your Hosts echo Dr. Howie noting that current social-emotional learning (SEL) programs often lack the necessary behavioral instruction and practice to produce lasting change. They emphasize the importance of explicitly teaching specific social skills, using a structured, evidence-based program like his "Stop & Think Social Skills Program."
The "Stop & Think Program" has been an evidence-based (through SAMHSA) and CASEL-approved (since 2005) curriculum that incorporates modeling, role-playing, feedback, and transfer into applied classroom and school setting. The curriculum's success relies on a five-step universal language that embeds specific social skill steps.
The universal language has students telling themselves to: Stop and Think, Consider their Good or Bad Choices, Identify the Choices/Steps they need to make, Do It, and Tell themselves they did a Good Job.
Davey and Angela detail the scientific basis and practical application of teaching social skills in general education classrooms, highlighting the importance of consistent teacher fidelity and multi-tiered support systems for students.
Davey and Angela take on the topic of teaching students social skills in school and how to do this. They do this by critically reviewing the June 22, 2024 blog post by Dr. Howie Knoff. Dr. Howie advocates for a behavioral approach to teaching social skills in schools, particularly to pre-K through 3rd-grade students.
Your Hosts echo Dr. Howie noting that current social-emotional learning (SEL) programs often lack the necessary behavioral instruction and practice to produce lasting change. They emphasize the importance of explicitly teaching specific social skills, using a structured, evidence-based program like his "Stop & Think Social Skills Program."
The "Stop & Think Program" has been an evidence-based (through SAMHSA) and CASEL-approved (since 2005) curriculum that incorporates modeling, role-playing, feedback, and transfer into applied classroom and school setting. The curriculum's success relies on a five-step universal language that embeds specific social skill steps.
The universal language has students telling themselves to: Stop and Think, Consider their Good or Bad Choices, Identify the Choices/Steps they need to make, Do It, and Tell themselves they did a Good Job.
Davey and Angela detail the scientific basis and practical application of teaching social skills in general education classrooms, highlighting the importance of consistent teacher fidelity and multi-tiered support systems for students.
Davey Johnson and Angela Jones, AI-generated Educators, discuss recent reports, critical issues, and proven solutions to today's school challenges based on the work of Dr. Howie Knoff from Project ACHIEVE Educational Solutions (E-Mail: howieknoff1@projectachieve.info).
They synthesize Knoff's original, common sense, "no-holds-barred" bi-monthly Blogs (LINK: www.projectachieve.info/blog) that apply his 40 years of practical experience in schools nationwide. Knoff's information has helped generations of educators and others understand today's schools. . . and what needs to happen so that all students maximize their skills and outcomes.
Every Podcast's contents are based on original Blogs written exclusively by Dr. Howie. These original Blogs then are transformed into Podcasts using Google LM. Each final Podcast is meticulously checked for accuracy and content integrity by Dr. Howie prior to posting.
[Set Up a Meeting with Howie]: https://calendly.com/knoffprojectachieve1
Read the Full Text of this Podcast as a LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/improving-education-today-7282792274495717378
Read the Full Text of this Podcast as a Project ACHIEVE Blog: https://www.projectachieve.info/blog