Social skills training in an integrated preschool program.

Title: Social skills training in an integrated preschool program.
Identifier: AAI9969692
identifier: 9969692
Creator: Guglielmo, Hindi Marcia.
Contributor: Adviser: Georgiana Shick Tryon
Date: 2000
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Education, Early Childhood | Education, Special
Abstract: This study investigated the efficacy of a commercially-available social skills training program plus classroom reinforcement for use with developmentally delayed preschoolers. Three groups of students (total n = 58) received either the combined treatment package, classroom reinforcement of target behavior only, or no treatment. Significant increases in sharing behavior were found for the combined treatment of social skills training plus classroom reinforcement over those obtained by both no-treatment controls and participants receiving reinforcement of classroom behavior alone. Participants in the combined treatment group and those receiving reinforcement of target behaviors alone displayed significantly higher teacher-rated social skills and more being in a group behavior than no-treatment controls. Classroom reinforcement of target behavior maintained the social gains obtained with the combined treatment. Both classroom teachers and participants viewed the social skills interventions favorably.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.