Date of Award
5-2017
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Degree Name
Special Education: M.S.
Department
Special Education
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Bradley Kaffar
Second Advisor
Marc Markell
Third Advisor
Hsueh-I Lo
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Social skills training
Abstract
Children with significant behavioral and social skills deficits are at risk for academic failure and for identification as a special education student with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD) (Newcomb, Bukowski, & Pattee, 1993; Walker, Ramsey, & Gresham, 2004). According to Deshler, Ellis, and Lenz (1996), students with poor social skills have limited opportunities to learn, which negatively affects their self-concept. Children with deficiencies in social skills are at greater risk for juvenile delinquency and adult psychopathology than socially competent children (Moffitt, Caspi, Harrington, & Milne, 2002; Newcomb et al., 1993; Patterson, Reid, & Dishion, 1992).
Given these poor outcomes, the teaching of social skills should be an integral part of programs for students who experience behavioral challenges (Johns, Crowley, & Guetzloe, 2005). A number of research syntheses and meta-analyses have been published on this topic, but the results are still not consistent. The purpose of this starred paper was to review the literature that examines the effectiveness of social skills training for elementary students having behavioral issues. In Chapter 1, I summarize briefly the findings of previous meta-analyses on social skills training, then in Chapter 2, I review recent literature that was not included in these meta-analyses, and lastly in Chapter 3, I discuss these research findings, future recommendations, and implications.
Recommended Citation
Park, Jiyeon, "Social Skills Training for Elementary Students with Behavioral Challenges: A review of the Literature" (2017). Culminating Projects in Special Education. 43.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/sped_etds/43
