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Walker Social Skills Curriculum
Hill M. Walker, Scott McConnelI, Deborah Holmes, Bonnie Todis, Jackie Walker, and Nancy Golden
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The Walker Social Skills Curriculum
The ACCEPTS Program: A Curriculum for Children's Effective Peer and Teacher Skills
Hill M. Walker, Scott McConnelI, Deborah Holmes, Bonnie Todis, Jackie Walker, and Nancy Golden
ACCEPTS is a complete curriculum for teaching classroom and peer-to-peer social skills to children with or without disabilities in grades K-6. The curriculum, designed for use by regular and special education teachers, cognitively teaches social skills as subject matter content. The program can be taught in one-to-one, small-group, or large-group instructional formats. ACCEPTS includes:
- A nine step instructional procedure based on the principles of direct instruction
- Scripts that teach critically important teacher child behavioural competencies and peer-to-peer social skills
- Behavioural management procedures
- Classroom Skills-Listening to the Teacher, When the Teacher Asks You to Do Something, Doing Your Best Work, and Following Classroom Rules
- Basic Interaction Skills-Eye Contact, Using the Right Voice, Starting, Listening, Answering, Making Sense, Taking Turns, Questions, and Continuing
- Getting Along Skills-Using Polite Words, Sharing, Following Rules, Assisting Others, and Touching the Right Way
- Making Friends Skills-Good Grooming, Smiling, Complimenting, and Friendship Making
- Coping Skills-When Someone Says No, When You Express Anger, When Someone Teases You, When Someone Tries to Hurt You, When Someone Asks You To Do Something You Can't Do, and When Things Don't Go Right
Optional Colour Videotape
The ACCEPTS Curriculum Videotape is 45 minutes in length. The videotape shows your students other children actually demonstrating the classroom competencies and social skills that ACCEPTS teaches.
The Walker Social Skills Curriculum
The ACCESS Program: Adolescent Curriculum for Communication and Effective Social Skills
Hill M. Walker, Bonnie Todis, Deborah Holmes and Gary Horton
ACCESS is a complete curriculum for teaching effective social skills to students at middle and high school levels. The program teaches peer-to-peer skills, skills for relating to adults, and self-management skills. The ACCESS Curriculum, which is designed for use by both regular and special education teachers, may be taught in one-to-one, small-group, or large- group instruction formats. ACCESS contains:
- Teaching scripts for 30 social skills identified by secondary teachers and students as critical for social competence
- An eight-step instructional procedure Student study guide containing role play scripts, discrimination exercises, and student report forms for contracted practice
- Suggestions for grouping of students as well as motivational, behaviour management, and generalization strategies
- Relating to Peers-Listening, Greeting Others, Joining In, Having Conversations, Borrowing, Offering Assistance, Complimenting, Showing a Sense of Humor, Making and Keeping Friends, Interacting with the Opposite Sex, Negotiating, Being Left Out, Handling Group Pressures, Expressing Anger, and Coping with Aggression
- Relating to Adults-Getting an Adult's Attention, Disagreeing with Adults, Responding to Requests, Doing Quality Work, Working Independently, Developing Good Work Habits, Following Classroom Rules, and Developing Good Study Habits
- Relating to Yourself-Taking Pride in Your Appearance, Being Organized, Using Self-Control, Doing What You Agree To Do, Accepting the Consequences of Your Actions, Coping With Being Upset or Depressed, Feeling Good About Yourself
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