2nd Steps Social Skills

This week we spent time talking about accidents.
We understand that some actions happen by accident.
If we know this, students and adults are less likely to respond in aggressive or accusing manner.

We focused on 2 main things:
If we cause an accident, we realize how people might feel when the accident happened.
If we cause an accident, we need to say and do respectful things, not just ignore what happened.
We can say things like,

"I'm sorry

It was an accident.

Are you OK?"

Likewise, if someone caused an accident that involved us, it's important that we do not yell at the other person or act impulsively.  Once they apologize, we should say something like,

"Thank you for apologizing."



Here are some scenarios.  You and someone at home can practice what to say when you act as the accident-causer or the accident-recipient.  Then change roles.  (These scenarios can help us with our Realistic Fiction writing too!)

• You jumped on a swing before your friend was out of the way and knocked him over with your feet.
• You bumped your partner's desk and her crayons spilled all over the floor.
• You knocked over your juice at the table and it seeped under your friend's book.
• You grabbed a book quickly from the shelf and another book came flying out and hit your buddy.
• The corner of your friend's artwork tore when you were helping the teacher hang it on the wall.
• You knocked your elbow into your friend's head when you turned around quickly.
• You rolled over your friend's toe with the teacher's swivel chair.