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Essential Social Skills

Student need

• Following directions

• Asking for help

• Listening

• Apologizing

• Staying on task

• Waiting your turn

• Minding your own business

• Asking for what you want / need

• Answering questions

• Asking questions for which you need the answer

• Accepting "no" for an answer

• Working with others

• Asking permission

• Disagreeing appropriately

• Giving constructive criticism

• Asking for help

• Resisting peer pressure

• Completing an undesirable task

• Getting attention appropriately

• Accepting criticism / consequences