Social Skills
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Any Game Cards
by Max Nass, LMHC and Marcia Nass, M.S.Turn any game into a therapeutic activity.
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Best Behavior Game
A Send-Home Board Game
by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D.Games have proven to be one of the best ways to turn around noncompliant or oppositional kids.
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Between You and Me: Game
by Cynthia M. Brody, MFT; game board and card design by Thomas MorrisThe open-ended questions featured in this game offer children a fun, nonthreatening, and indirect way to identify their values and express what's on their minds.
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Blunders
Make Learning Manners Fun!
by Aimee SymingtonSometimes you can learn a lot from negative role models.
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Bullying Game
by Berthold Berg, Ph.D.Stop the bullying cycle with this board game.
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Clue Cards: 5 Card Packs to Improve Social Communication
Help kids get a clue in social situations.
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Common Ties: Living Together in a Multicultural World
by Patricia del Valle, Ph.D., NCC, Maria Gondra, Psy.D., and Raysa Richardson, Ph.D.Promote understanding of different cultures with this board game.
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Conversations To Go
The Little Take-Out Box That Gets People Talking
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Empathy Counts
A Play-to-Learn Dominoes Game
Tired of board games? Play dominoes!
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Express It!
by Marjorie Mitlin, LICSWLike Charades, this game is played by teams, and is therefore ideal for use with groups.
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Friendship Farm Who is Being Friendly? Puzzle
by Lawrence ShapiroSolve the puzzle of social interaction!
Related Friendship Farm Items: Who is Being Responsible and Respectful? Puzzle -
Great Group Games for Kids
150 Meaningful Activities for Any Setting
by Susan Ragsdale and Ann SaylorAt a time when children are becoming more involved in isolated electronic recreation, this book revitalizes social play.
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Helping, Sharing, and Caring Game
by Richard A. Gardner, M.D.Dr. Gardner's sensitivity to children and their needs, reflected in the game cards, makes this a wonderful resource for both families and therapists.
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Hidden Rules
A Game That Teaches Everyday Social Skills
by Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D.Social behaviors that most of us seem to pick up without being taught-such as respecting personal space, speaking at an appropriate volume, and paying attention to body language.
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How do I...Make Friends?
A Friendship Skills Discussion Game
by Alison and Amy RobertsThrough discussion, reflection, and practice, this card game helps kids learn how to start a friendship, join a group, and find people with interests similar to their own.
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I Can Settle Down
These 12 thoroughly singable songs help children learn self-control, patience, social skills, self-calming techniques, and responsibility
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Journey to Friendsville
Teach friendship skills--15 minutes at a time.
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Kubit2Me: Now You're Talkin' Full Set
This plush, brightly colored cube is tossed from one player to the next, delivering thought-provoking questions in its denim side pockets.
Related Kubit2Me: Now You're Talkin' Items: Bonus Box -
Let's Talk Social Skills
by Lesley MayneThis set of 80 discussion cards promotes social communication among children, teens, and adults.
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Mind Your Manners
Give kids the tools for social acceptance.
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Mind Your Manners Language Cards
By illustrating both proper and improper behavior, this set of 40 colorful cards helps little ones learn good manners.
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Mumble Jumble: A Social Conversation Game
by Marjorie Mitlin, LICSWFor Kids Who Don't Know What to Say Next
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Out of Your Mind
by Rhea Zakich and Nadine LovellYou'll be amazed at what this game draws from the minds of children.
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Peacetown
by Eric Terry, Psy.D.Teach youngsters how to resolve conflict--with two games in one.
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Resilience Builder Program for Children and Adolescents
Enhancing Social Competence and Self-Regulation
Using a cognitive-behavioral approach, this innovative program helps young people bounce back from the challenges in their lives.
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Skillstreaming in Early Childhood and Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child, Early Childhood Kit
New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills
Flexible, easy to use, and effective, Skillstreaming is the standard for teaching prosocial skills.
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Skillstreaming in Early Childhood and Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child, Elementary School Child Kit
Includes Program Book with CD-ROM, Student Manual, and Skill Cards
Flexible, easy to use, and effective, Skillstreaming is the standard for teaching prosocial skills.
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Social Conflict Game
by Berthold Berg, Ph.D.This game teaches seven cognitive and behavioral skills to reduce interpersonal antagonism.
Related Social Conflict Items: Workbook -
Social Skills
Learning to Get Along With Other People
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Social Skills Activities for Special Children
by Darlene Mannix, M.A.This book offers 160 ready-to-use lessons and reproducible activity sheets to help special children learn basic social skills.
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Social Skills Board Games
This set of six unique board games improves children's social skills and reinforces positive character traits.
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Social Skills Game
by Berthold Berg, Ph.D.Let students see how to and how not to behave.
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Social Smarts
Clever Matching Game
by Franklin Rubinstein, Ph.D.Players match fictitious characters with particular thoughts, and in the process they learn the difference between appropriate and inappropriate social communication.
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Social Story Movies
by Carol GraySocial stories on DVD-ideal for visual learners!
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Superflex: A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum: Kit (Lesson Plan, Comic Book, & CD)
by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia WinnerSuperflex includes a 100-page book with lesson plans, a CD with printable handouts, and a comic book that kids love.
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Talk Blocks
Here's a wonderfully simple way to share not only feelings, but also needs.
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Talk Blocks for Work
Grown-ups can express feelings and needs using this set of 6 brightly colored wood blocks.
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Talk-it-Out
by Gordon Greenhalgh, Ph.D.Having trouble getting teens to open up?
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Talkabout Board Game
by Alex Kelly and Brian SainsReinforcing group work on self-esteem and social communication, this game can be played by both children and teens.
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Talking, Feeling, Doing Card Game: Shyness
Shyness Card Game
by Richard A. Gardner, M.D.For a portable version of the classic game, try this deck of 99 cards.
Related Talking, Feeling, Doing Card Game: Items: Anger, Divorce, Good Behavior, Set of 5 Decks, Teasing -
Teen Sense
by Marjorie Mitlin, LICSWHelp teens resolve the difficult interpersonal issues that arise in adolescence.
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Too Much, Too Little, Just Right: Game
by Claudia Weiss, L.C.S.W., Sandra Singer, Ph.D., and Lois Feigenbaum, L.C.S.W.A Social Communication Game
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Treasure Chest of Group Activities
by Susanna Palomares, Dianne Schilling, and Cathy WinchThis box of activity sheets really is a "treasure chest" for busy counselors seeking new and engaging ways to help children and teens develop academic, social, and life skills.
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Use Your I's
by Donna L. McGoff, M.S.This board game teaches children how to express their feelings without jeopardizing the rights of others.
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What Are They Thinking? ColorCards
Sure to stimulate animated discussion, these beautiful cards illustrate the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
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What Did You Say?
A Game of Nonverbal Language
Help children learn to read body language.
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What Do You Stand For?
Character Building Card Game
by Max Nass, LMHC and Marcia Nass, M.S."What If" questions get kids thinking about choices, values, and responsibilities.
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You are a Social Detective!
by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke; illustrated by Kelly KnoppThis entertaining comic book helps students refine their detecting skills.

