The following free social skills worksheets are designed to help children, people with learning disabilities, clients, and even adults to actively reflect on their skills in social situations.
The worksheets cover various scenarios and sub-skills, including:
- Conversation starters
- Listening skills
- Personal space
- Social problem-solving
- Giving and receiving compliments
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License and Terms of Use: All printables are provided for non-commercial personal and classroom use only, not for resale or distribution. All rights reserved.
Social Skills Worksheets
Designed by Chris
Conversation Starters Worksheet
Use this version for getting students to actively reflect on how to start a conversation and interact appropriately with others verbally.
Designed by Chris
Listening Skills Worksheet
Use this version to get students to think about active listening skills and brainstorm the best ways to respond to people when listening to them in order to absorb what they’re saying.
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Personal Space Worksheet
Use this version to help people to understand how to give people personal space and maintain an appropriate distance in various social situations.
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Social Problem Solving Worksheet
This version is ideal for helping people to deal with scenarios where someone may lose their temper. The scenarios discuss various appropriate ways to respond to potentially hairy situations.
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Giving and Receiving Compliments
Use this piece to brainstorm ways to give and receive compliments in various situations. Students must sort between various potential responses to compliment and ways to give compliments.
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Social Skills Checklist
This checklist gets students to reflect on social skills they’ve used in the past week, and then to think about their strengths and areas for improvement.
Thanks for checking out these worksheets. If you want to brainstorm different examples of social skills, read this blog post.
Dr. Chris Drew is the founder of the Helpful Professor. He holds a PhD in education and has published over 20 articles in scholarly journals. He is the former editor of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. [Image Descriptor: Photo of Chris]