Socially Savvy 2nd Edition: An Assessment and Curriculum Guide for Young Children

Supporting the integration of social skills into IEPs since 2014; Updated for 2026!

Our best-selling social skills assessment and curriculum guide is a favorite with both teachers and therapists! Socially Savvy shows you how to integrate social skills into a student’s IEP by taking larger social functioning concepts and breaking them down into smaller, achievable goals.

The 2nd edition of this social skills assessment and curriculum features neuro-affirming language as well as two examples for each objective to aid instructors in generalization and flexibility. The 2nd Edition:

• Introduces the Socially Savvy Checklist Assessment and provides guidance on how to effectively integrate it
• Describes the seven areas of social development in detail
• Provides skill-specific sample IEP goals
  
• Offers detailed step-by-step teaching plans
• Includes over 60 specific games and activities for teaching targeted social skills
• Offers specific ideas on progress assessment and data collection
• Shares two case studies to illustrate the process from initial assessment to intervention and data collection

The 7 areas of social functioning examined include:

1. Joint Attending: Skills that involve showing shared interest or enjoyment
2. Social Play: Skills related to engaging in various levels of interactive play with other children
3. Social/Emotional: Skills related to identifying and appropriately responding to different emotions in oneself and others
4. Social Language: Skills related to using language to respond to, initiate, and maintain various levels of social interaction
5. Classroom/Group Behavior: Skills related to following the rules and meeting expectations put in place by adults or that are necessary for group activities
6. Nonverbal Social Language: Skills related to reading and using nonverbal communication
7. Self-Regulation: Skills related to demonstrating flexibility and the ability to regulate behavioral reactions in response to unexpected changes, making mistakes, being given corrective feedback, or other difficult situations

The included checklist (also available separately in an online format) helps you quickly and easily assess each child’s strengths and create a lesson plan tailored to their needs.

By James T. Ellis, PhD, BCBA-D and Christine Almeida, MSEd, EdS, BCBA.

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