Program Description

Skillstreaming is a social-emotional 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

$52.07 For teachers manual. 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

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

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. The WWC did not have report for this specific program but, the WWC did find social skills training to have 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