Our Curriculum Focus

Attention in The Moment

• Whole Body Listening
• Establishing & Maintaining Eye Contact
• Ignoring Distractions

Conversation Strategies

• Respecting Personal Space
• Using Greetings & Initiating a Conversation
• Joining a Conversation
• Maintaining a Conversation
• Expressing Opinions
• Giving Enough Information
• Asking for More Information
• Staying on Topic
• Switching Topics
• Interrupting
• Interpreting Non-Verbal Language Cues
• Ending a Conversation

Social Awareness

• Perspective Taking
• Empathy
• Reading a Room
• Working with classmates
• Showing Respect
• Understanding Others’ Points of View
• Making Friends
• Maintaining Friendships
• Turn-Taking
• Compromising
• Flexible Thinking Skills
• Good Sportsmanship
• Resolving Conflicts

Emotion Management

• Understanding Emotions
• Identifying & Expressing Emotions
• Recognizing Strong Feelings
• Considering & Reacting
• Calming Down Strategies
• Zones of Regulation

Problem Solving

• Big problem vs. Little problem
• Describing a Problem
• Generating Solutions
• Understanding Consequences
• Asking for Help
• Improving Self-Confidence
• Handling Teasing
• Self-advocacy
• Positive Self-Talk
• Resilience