Özet:

In this research, teachers` working in special schools and classrooms in special education class opinions on teaching social skills were examined. Ten teachers, who are working at Yesilduzce Education Practice School and Work Training Center in Duzce, in Turkey, attended 2011-2012 years, voluntary participated in this study. In this study designed as a qualitative research, focus group interview technique has been used. The data were collected by ´Teacher Interview Form (TIF)´. TIF consists of four sections and has a total of fifteen questions. As a result, teachers have done different definitions of social skills and gave examples. They believe that their students are deficient in social skills due to have disabilities and unrelated families. Another important finding obtained, teachers do not systematically teaching social skills in their classrooms and they believe that social skills training curriculum and school resources are insufficient. Findings are discussed in the context of the literature and recommendations are made.

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