In Success for All schools, decision-making and conflict-resolution strategies are taught at the beginning of the year and reinforced through co-operative learning and PSHCE activities. This method enables children to use social problem-solving strategies in all
curriculum areas.
During the first week of school, the reading curriculum will cover two special units in problem solving. The first unit addresses listening skills; the second unit focuses on conflict-resolution skills.
The social problem-solving curriculum consists of three components.
1) Direct Instruction: Classroom lessons of key problem-solving
skills are
embedded in the academic curriculum throughout the content areas.
2) Application: Children begin to “self-talk” their way through problems using a
consistent decision-making model.
3) Practice: Children frequently practise their problem-solving skills using The Footsteps to Friendship and during Circle Time.
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