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˜ Does the curriculum promote social competence?

Yes, The High Scope approach gives adults the tools they need to help children develop social abilities
that contribute to their readiness for school and enable them to solve problems without resorting to
aggression or retreating into avoidance

2 Does the curriculum accommodate the learning characteristics of the students for whom it is to
be applied?

Yes, it is for all students

3 Does the curriculum target the social skills deficits of the student for whom it is to be applied?

Yes, it targets all areas of social skills for children

4 Does the curriculum provide training in situations as well as skills?

Yes, along with their five step conflict resolution process, they provide training in certain situations as
well

5 Does the curriculum include instructional methodologies found to be effective with the
population of students for whom it is to be applied?

Yes it does It believes that children as young as ˜ months should be introduced to social concepts, and
I also believe the sooner they are taught how to handle certain situations the better, provided they have
the ability to grasp the concept at the time


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˜ Does the curriculum promote social competence?

Yes, in the DVD Model me Friendship, it features teen-aged children demonstrating appropriate social
skills at school, playing on sports teams, eating at a restaurant, and in other settings

2 Does the curriculum accommodate the learning characteristics of the students for whom it is to
be applied?

Yes, in the first half of the video, the visual is combined with narration and graphics that help explain the
particular rule Also, in the second half of the video, the same video is repeated without narration and
graphics This allows a parent, teacher, or therapist to customize the lesson the individual child and/or
to test what was learned in the first viewing of the video

3 Does the curriculum target the social skills deficits of the student for whom it is to be applied?

In this particular video it targets social skills such as saying hello, interests, team sports, rejection, etc ,
for children with Aspergers or Autism, so yes it does target some of the social skills deficit

4 Does the curriculum provide training in situations as well as skills?

The curriculum shows other children in situations, so the teacher could have the opportunity to have the
children in their classroom also demonstrate the social skills in certain situations as well

5 Does the curriculum include instructional methodologies found to be effective with the
population of students for whom it is to be applied?

Yes, graphics and music are used to make the video appealing to children with Asperger's Syndrome,
Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Nonverbal Learning Disorders
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˜ Does the curriculum promote social competence?

Yes, it is a complete curriculum for teaching effective social skills to students at middle and high school
levels

2 Does the curriculum accommodate the learning characteristics of the students for whom it is to
be applied?

Yes, it is designed for all middle school or high school students with or without special needs

3 Does the curriculum target the social skills deficits of the student for whom it is to be applied?

Yes, it targets areas such as relating to peers, adults and yourself , which are areas that young adults can
struggle with

4 Does the curriculum provide training in situations as well as skills?

Yes, it contains teaching scripts for 30 social skills identified by secondary teachers and students as
critical for social competence; an eight-step instructional procedure; student study guide containing
role-play scripts, discrimination exercises, and student report forms for contracted practice; and
suggestions for grouping of students as well as motivational, behavior management, and generalization
strategies

5 Does the curriculum include instructional methodologies found to be effective with the
population of students for whom it is to be applied?

Yes as stated above, there are many different instructional methods to be used, which will be effective
for middle and high school students
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˜ Does the curriculum promote social competence?

Yes, they believe that children need to learn about living, working and playing together BY living,
working and playing together

2 Does the curriculum accommodate the learning characteristics of the students for whom it is to
be applied?

Yes, it is for all students in the Bank Street Schools

3 Does the curriculum target the social skills deficits of the student for whom it is to be applied?

Yes, it starts by teaching the core social skills to the youngest children and builds on those for the older
children

4 Does the curriculum provide training in situations as well as skills?

Kind of, they do things such as children share their experiences, create skits, learn and debate, operate a
fruit market and construct buildings During the skits they could do certain situations to help promote
social skills But also all of the above are situations that help build social skills

5 Does the curriculum include instructional methodologies found to be effective with the
population of students for whom it is to be applied?

Yes, there are a lot of hands on for the younger children They also learn a lot about social situations
from their surroundings, which is a good way for children to see the whole picture and learn
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˜ Does the curriculum promote social competence?

Yes   evidence-based, that increases social competence & emotion regulation, decrease conduct
problems & aggressive behaviors

2 Does the curriculum accommodate the learning characteristics of the students for whom it is to
be applied?

Yes, it is intended for all students, special needs or not

3 Does the curriculum target the social skills deficits of the student for whom it is to be applied?

Yes it targets such things as emotional literacy, empathy or perspective taking, friendship and
communication skills, anger management, interpersonal problem solving, school rules, and how to be
successful at school

4 Does the curriculum provide training in situations as well as skills?

Yes there are lots of role play situations that puts the child in a certain situation so they can practice that
skill

5 Does the curriculum include instructional methodologies found to be effective with the
population of students for whom it is to be applied?

Yes, it has instructional methods such as explicit instruction, video modeling, role play, tangible
reinforcement and coaching scripting, and prompting in the naturalistic setting

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