What are Social Skills?

Social skills are all the skills that help you communicate, work with, and build relationships with the people around you. There are way too many to list, but here are a few examples:

• Respect

• Teamwork

• Empathy

• Active listening

• Communication

• Reading social cues

• Sharing

• Emotional regulation

Each of these as well as many other social skills are essential for high school students to learn.

Mastering this list of skills will help them build healthy relationships throughout school and far beyond.