Do you have a child that struggles with perspective-taking, healthy social interactions, and being able to regulate their behaviors or emotions? Here at Lexis Prep, we provide an integrative and customized social skills program. We focus on social competencies, self regulation, and emotional control. These skills foster the development of social self-awareness, social-emotional understanding, and the ability to think critically. Read more to find out what resources we use and how you can adapt your program at home for your child.
We serve students with average-to-above average cognitive ability who learn differently. We have found that focusing early and often on social competencies is critical for our students’ lifelong success both socially and academically. Students receive instruction in Social Thinking from the school counselor, Jody Clark. Mrs. Clark teaches and models the competencies in “Social Thinking” for our K-8th graders in a specialized skills class.
In order to help our students succeed, we teach social awareness through a methodology called “Social Thinking.” Social Thinking was created by Michelle Garcia Winner and further developed with Dr. Pamela Crooke. This methodology helps students develop social competencies to better understand themselves and others, foster relationships, and make larger meaning of the social world. Social Thinking helps students to keenly observe the social world around them and figure out where they fit into it and how to best interact with others successfully.
Social Thinking helps students increase their self-awareness, self-monitoring, and self control in order to adapt their social skills to meet their social goals. Skills class helps students learn that their social behaviors impact how others feel about and treat them. We use tools such as roleplaying, games, and hands-on projects to supplement visual and auditory learning. This way, students have many opportunities to practice and produce the emotional experience they intend to have with others. Additionally, all educational and front office staff are trained to integrate “Social Thinking” into their classrooms and everyday conversations with students regardless of context.