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Title Author
Call Number
Resource Type: Books
**Emotions (Spotlight on Social Skills
Adolescent)
LoGiudice, Carolyn / Johnson, Paul F. 564 .333 LOG
Students can learn how and when to use rational processes to override their emotions, or to hold them in check.
We should seek to develop forms of self-control among students and staff that encourage nonjudgmental,
nondisruptive venting of emotions that generally must occur before reason can take over (Sylwester, 1994).
Understanding others’ emotions and appropriately responding to them is the cornerstone of good communication.
Often students with special needs have difficulty understanding their own emotions and expressing them
appropriately. Since conversation and productive communication require that partners detect and mirror one
another’s emotional states, it is vital that students learn the language of emotions and understand how
appropriate actions contribute to better communication.
This book focuses on emotions from understanding basic vocabulary associated with emotional expression to the
nuanced emotional interpretation even the simplest social interactions demand.
Outcomes
Detect and interpret others’ perspectives correctly
Increase success in social communication and social interactions
Boost self-esteem by learning how to control social interactions
Learn to control behavior and participate in social interactions appropriately
Emotions teaches these important skills:
Define and recognize emotions
Learn the vocabulary of emotions
Identify positive and negative emotions
Match emotions to actions
Identify emotional responses to situations
Match words to emotional states
Respond to others’ emotional states
Understand personal emotions
Understand how what you say affects others’ emotions
Respond appropriately to emotional states
Calm others’ emotions
Control personal emotions
Handle bullies
Role-play emotions
Reduce impulsivity
Hats off! Applause, applause! Adolescents will “take a bow” as they master specific social skill areas by
understanding different social perspectives. Personalized instruction targets social communication and behavior
skills that help students apply what they learn to real-world situations. Instruction methods include explicit
teaching, modeling, observation, discussion, role-playing, and guided practice. A pretest/posttest is included. Use
each activity with individual students or small groups of students with similar skill deficits.
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