Strengthening Students' Social Competencies for Success

This course will provide participants with a background and description ofvarious social language competencies. Participants will understand the expected development of these skills, and the impact upon student learning when skills are not acquired as expected.  In this course, you will discover how common disabilities, such as autism, ADHD, anxiety, and social communication disorder, can impact the social language development, social comprehension, academic progress and social participation of students. Further, you will discover how social competencies relate to student achievement and challenges across the curriculum, and how you can accommodate students to promote their academic and social success. You will learn strategies to help your most difficult students with weak or impaired social skills; you will also learn how to effectively implement these strategies into your teaching in ways that promote positive social behaviors across all areas. This course will include differentiati