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

  1. Laura Gray, College of Western Idaho, United States
Wednesday, March 15 4:15 PM-5:15 PM Grand Ballroom C & D

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 ...