Social Skills

We have introduced a new social skills programme, called ‘Social Thinking’, to all of our students at Wirral Hospitals’ School. This comes from research by Michelle Garcia-Winner, Speech & Language Pathologist. All students will have the opportunity to take part in a session once a week in Form Time. The training sessions will usually take place on a Monday or Tuesday morning, with the expectation that staff and students will reinforce these across the school day.

The programme helps young people to better understand themselves, others and the world around them in terms of four aspects of communication. The sessions will take place in three week blocks and each will focus on a different social skill.

Parents and guardians have been offered the opportunity to attend drop-in sessions in which they were trained in supporting the programme at home. This ensured a consistent approach to help promote social independence. Feel free to attend any of the sessions even if you miss a previous session. We will inform you after the summer break of sessions that will take place in the Autumn Term.

The Form Time sessions will be made available for you to use at home via the school website on a weekly basis. If you would like to take part in the programme this is entirely voluntary, however, we hope you will be able to support this very valuable initiative. Please check the website weekly for details. All students will participate in the programme within school regardless of how much time you are able to commit to it at home.

If you require more information about the programme, please speak to your child’s/ward’s Form Tutor who will be happy to answer any questions.

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1 Vocabulary of Perspective Session 1 2 Vocabulary of Perspective Session 2 3 Vocabulary of Perspective Session 3 4 Active Listening Session 1 5 Active Listening Session 2 6 Active Listening Session 3 7 Smart Guesses Session 1 8 Smart Guesses Session 2 9 Smart Guesses Session 3 10 I Can Change How You Feel Session 1 11 I Can Change How You Feel Session 2 12 I Can Change How You Feel Session 3 13 Personal Memories Session 1 14 Personal Memories Session 2 15 Personal Memories Session 3 16 Look, Say, Do Session 1 17 LOOK, Say, Do Session 2 18 Look, SAY, Do Session 3 19 Look, Say, DO Session 4 20 Personal Memories Session 3 REVISION JAN 2018 21 Revision Session 2 22 Reading Other People's Reactions Session 1 23 Reading Other People's Reactions Session 2 24 Reading Other People's Reactions Session 3 25 Reading Other People's Reactions Session 4 26 Social Expectations Age Group 1 27 Social Expectations Age Group 2 28 Social Expectations Age Group 3 29 Social Expectations Age Group Session 4 30 Social Expectations Age Group Session 5 31 Social Expectations Age Group Session 6 32 The Social Fake 1 33 The Social Fake 2 34 The Social Fake 3 34 The Social Fake 4 35 The Social Fake 5 36 The Boring Moment 1 37 The Boring Moment 2 38 The Boring Moment 3 39 The Boring Moment 4 40 The Boring Moment 5 41 The Hidden Agenda 1 42 The Hidden Agenda 2 44 The Hidden Agenda 4 45 The Hidden Agenda 5 Session 7 word web pics Modified word web for Session 7 1 Vocabulary of Perspective Lesson A 2 Vocabulary of Perspective Lesson B 3 Vocabulary of Persepctive Lesson C 4 Vocabulary of Perspective Lesson D 5 Vocabulary of Perspective Lesson E 6 Vocabualry of Perspective Lesson F 1 Revision - Vocabulary of Perspective 2 Revision Active Listening Whole Body Listening 3 Revision - Smart Guesses