Social Skills for Kindergarteners

Heather Gillum, PhD, CCC-SLP

This week I'm back with posts on the social skills that are necessary for success in the kindergarten classroom.  In my opinion, social readiness is more important than "academic" readiness, and lack of social readiness would be a legitimate reason for holding a child back a year.  To give you a preview of the skills I'll be talking about, here's a great article from http://www.schoolfamily.com.