The Role of Parents

and Teachers in
Teaching Social
Skills in Children
“Kung ano ang
puno ay siya rin
ang bunga”
 The Role of Parents

 Parents typically play the major role

in teaching children social skills.
 Parents can directly teach children
social skills by:
 Modeling
 Role-playing
 Providing oppurtunities for their
children to rehearse and practice
new skills
 Professionals typically intervene only
when children are having substantial
social difficulty with peers.

 Children must then generalize the

skills they learn to schools and other
personal social situations.
The Role of Teachers

 School is the place where children

spend the majority of their time with
peers.

 Teacher should be alert to teasing and

bullying and be aware of children’s
status with their peers.
The Role of Teachers

 They should work and cooperate with

children’s parents to avoid humiliation,
embarrassment, and distress that befall
these children.
 What Teachers can do in order to help
children to improve their social skills?

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Understanding social
Pairing a socially weaknesses.
Involving children in
inept child with cooperative learning
socially adept one exercises instead of 04
competitive learning
exercises. Identifying and
acknowledging the
strengths of all
children.
What Teachers can do in order to help
children to improve their social skills?
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Sense of belongingness. 07

Creating an
environment in which
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diversity is accepted
and celebrated.
Self-esteem