Improving Social Skills in Children and Youth

9:00 am to 12:00 pm EST

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Adina Soclof, MS, CCC-SLP

NASW-NYS Members: $30

NASW Other Chapter Member: $60

Non-Members: $75

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

Workshop Description

This is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides healthcare professionals with practical tools to guide children in gaining social competence.

Highlighting the benefits and advantages to having well-developed social skills and demonstrating the difficulties and challenges that arise from a lack of these crucial skills, this course will provide practical tools that teachers and therapists can employ to guide children to overcome their difficulties in the social realm and gain social competence.

While there are hundreds of important social skills for students to learn, this course will highlight various aspects of social skills that children must master to have normative, healthy relationships with the people they encounter every day. This course provides tools and suggestions that, with practice and support, can assist them in managing their social skills deficits to function in society and nurture relationships with the peers and adults in their lives.  

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define social skills and the importance of social skills in the development of children.
• List learning disabilities that can impair a child’s ability to develop age-appropriate social skills.
• Identify strategies to help children develop social skills through the Social Thinking curriculum
• Identify strategies to help children develop explicit communication skills

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Adina Soclof, MS, CCC-SLP, is a Parent Educator, Professional Development Instructor and Speech Pathologist working with children in a school setting. She received her BA. in History from Queens College and her MS. in Communication Sciences from Hunter College. Adina is the founder of ParentingSimply.com. She delivers parenting classes as well as professional development workshops for Speech Pathologists, Teachers and other health professionals. Her classes focus on the art of effective communication at home and in school. She offers strategies that support character development, confidence, and resilience in children of all ages and abilities. Her live and online parenting classes give moms and dads the language and strategies to create a nurturing and structured home environment. You can find her text based CEU courses at PDResources.com and video courses at Homeceuconnection.com, Speechtherapypd.com and NorthernSpeech.com. Adina is the author of Parenting Simply: Preparing Kids For Life. She writes for Aish.com and OU.org. Adina is available for speaking engagements. You can reach her at asoclof@parentingsimply.com or check out her website at www.parentingsimply.com