Wednesday, March 15
4:15 PM-5:15 PM
CDT
Grand Ballroom C & D

The Importance of Social Skills Competency in Late Adolescence: Reviving a Forgotten Casualty of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Roundtable (F2F) ID: 62333
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    Laura Gray
    College of Western Idaho

Abstract: We know that there have been many educational casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic. Student learning has been affected, sports and after-school activities have been ground to a halt, and our access to one another has been greatly diminished. Although we are just beginning to return to a sense of normalcy in many areas, the totality of the effects of living differently over the last two years may not be realized for decades. According to Josten and Lordan (2021), one thing that will be essential post-Covid, especially for workers with specialized subject knowledge (i.e. most college graduates) will be strong social skills. Unfortunately, along with academic learning, social interaction, and by default, social skills, have been some of the biggest casualties of the Pandemic (Scott et al., 2021). While it only takes a few seconds to locate a list of "10 Important Social Skills You Need to Teach Your Teen Now," (Raising Teens Today, 2022) online, unfortunately, most teens from ages 16-19 do not possess these important skills and as a result, many find themselves struggling with skills that most of us took for granted as teens: carrying on a conversation, making proper introductions, making a good first impression, communicating effectively, and the like. In this session, we will explore current real-life scenarios revolving around older teens and social skills and will discuss solutions for remediating them through modeling and effective course design.

Presider: Erin Anderson, Georgia State University

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