Focus Social/Leisure E

The Focus Social/Leisure class for students in Grades 1-4 with disabilities (LIMS and LISP) who are being taught based on the DoDEA ELA/Mathematics alternate content standards, provides students with direct instruction in specific social skills, such as greeting another person, listening, responding to questions, maintaining eye contact so as to utilize social skills in the learning and social situation. It then expands these social skills into social leisure activities. It introduces the student to leisure activities and reinforces such practices as, sharing, taking turns, physical self-control. The student is expected to learn and practice appropriate behaviors in changing environments, in effective communication, and in positive relationships, all contributing to a positive self-image.