Teaching Social Skills to Youth, 3rd Ed.: An Easy-To-Follow Guide to Teaching 183 Basic to Complex Life Skills

Teaching Social Skills to Youth, 3rd Edition. A great, easy to read book. It is filled with steps on how to teach simple to complex social skills which I will use with my students. So happy I purchased this book! --Resource Teacher

Teaching Social Skills to Youth is Boys Town's trademark manual, offering the step-by-step component behaviors to 183 skills. The skills range from basic to complex and have been updated to reflect the challenges today's youth face. This third edition still includes hallmark treatment examples, demonstrating how and when to teach the skills. New insights and information, based on the latest research findings, have been added.

Also added are details about multi-tiered approaches to social and emotional learning, and how skills relate to executive function. The appendices highlight what skills to include when you want to focus on social and emotional competency, executive function processes, behavior problems and problem situations. Includes downloadable printable posters for each skill.

JEFF TIERNEY, M.Ed. is Director of Evaluation and Certification in Boys Town's Youth Care Division. Throughout his career, he has served children and families in residential, shelter,foster care, and in-home settings. Jeff is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and advocate for disabled people in the workplace. He currently oversees the evaluation and credentialing of Boys Town s Youth Care staff and programs nationwide.