Program Description

Skillstreaming is a prosocial skills learning program designed to help children and youth learn positive ways to have their needs met. Skillstreaming in Early Childhood employs a four-part training approach—modeling, role-playing, performance feedback, and generalization—to teach essential prosocial skills to preschool and kindergarten-age children. This book provides a complete description of the Skillstreaming program, with instructions for teaching 40 prosocial skills.

Cost

$316.95 for the product bundle (which includes program book, lesson plans and activities, and student workbook) or $58.58 for just the program book. Additional components and student materials sold separately.

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention

Grade

• Pre-K
• Elementary School

Intended Group Size

• Small group
• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Delivery Method

• Print-based delivery

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• No

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• No

Research Summary

One study found the Skillstreaming program to be effective in pre-school children, but only when structured and ongoing teacher support was provided. In this study, students receiving the Skillstreaming curriculum made greater positive gains in prosocial behavior and cooperative play compared to students not receiving the curriculum. Due to limited peer-reviewed literature, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of this program at this time. Although the WWC did not have report for this specific program, the WWC has a broader report on social skills training that found positive effects on social-emotional development and behavior for children with disabilities in early education settings (see WWC report).

Study Citations

Farmer‐Dougan V., Viechtbauer W., & French T. (1999) Peer‐prompted Social Skills: the role of teacher consultation in student success, Educational Psychology, 19:2, 207-219, DOI: 10.1080/0144341990190207

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence