What Social Skills Enhance Integration

• Direction of gaze
• Relaxed but erect body stance
• Positive initiations
• Expansion of conversation topics
• Sharing in group of activities
• Turn-taking in conversations or interactions
• Repertoire of play activities that promote inclusion into activities
• Appropriate dress and grooming
• Eating etiquette
• Facial expressions
• Interpreting verbal and non-verbal cues
• Expectations for situational behaviors for play, school, and work experiences
• Decision-making skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Complimenting and empathy skills
• Ability to draw upon past experiences

Dr. Sharon Sacks