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Table of Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

  • Social Skills and the Preschool and Kindergarten Child
  • What Is Skillstreaming?
  • Skills for Kindergarten and Preschool Children
  • Teaching Prosocial Skills
  • Understanding Violence and Aggression
  • Included in This Book

PART 1 - Skillstreaming Program Content and Implementation

Chapter 1—Effective Skillstreaming Arrangements

  • Group Leader Selection and Preparation
  • Student Selection and Grouping
  • Support Staff and Program Coordinator Roles
  • Parent Involvement
  • Specific Instructional Concerns
  • Instructional Variations

Chapter 2—Skillstreaming Teaching Procedures

  • Core Teaching Procedures
  • Steps in the Skillstreaming Session
  • Implementation Integrity

Chapter 3—Sample Skillstreaming Session

  • Introduction to Skillstreaming
  • Skill Instruction

Chapter 4—Refining Skill Use

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies
  • Factors in Successful Skill Use
  • Skill Shifting, Combinations, Adaptation, and Development

Chapter 5—Teaching for Skill Generalization

  • Transfer-Enhancing Procedures
  • Maintenance-Enhancing Procedures

Chapter 6—Managing Behavior Problems

  • Universal Strategies
  • Targeted Interventions
  • Individual Interventions

Chapter 7—Building Positive Relationships with Parents

  • Parenting and Children’s Aggression
  • Parent Involvement in Skillstreaming
  • Levels of Parent Involvement

Chapter 8—Skillstreaming in the School Context

  • Violence Prevention
  • Schoolwide Applications of Skillstreaming
  • Integration in the Curriculum
  • Inclusion
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
  • New Intervention Combinations

PART 2 - Skill Outlines and Homework Reports

Homework reports follow each skill.

Group I: Beginning Social Skills

  1. Listening
  2. Using Nice Talk
  3. Using Brave Talk
  4. Saying Thank You
  5. Rewarding Yourself
  6. Asking for Help
  7. Asking a Favor
  8. Ignoring

Group II: School-Related Skills

  1. Asking a Question
  2. Following Directions
  3. Trying When It’s Hard
  4. Interrupting

Group III: Friendship-Making Skills

  1. Greeting Others
  2. Reading Others
  3. Joining In
  4. Waiting Your Turn
  5. Sharing
  6. Offering Help
  7. Asking Someone to Play
  8. Playing a Game

Group IV: Dealing with Feelings

  1. Knowing Your Feelings
  2. Feeling Left Out
  3. Asking to Talk
  4. Dealing with Fear
  5. Deciding How Someone Feels
  6. Showing Affection

Group V: Alternatives to Aggression

  1. Dealing with Teasing
  2. Dealing with Feeling Mad
  3. Deciding If It’s Fair
  4. Solving a Problem
  5. Accepting Consequences

Group VI: Dealing with Stress

  1. Relaxing
  2. Dealing with Mistakes
  3. Being Honest
  4. Knowing When to Tell
  5. Dealing with Losing
  6. Wanting to Be First
  7. Saying No
  8. Accepting No
  9. Deciding What to Do

Appendix A— Program Forms

Appendix B—Program Integrity Checklists

  • Leader’s Checklist
  • Observer’s Checklist
  • Generalization Integrity Checklist

Appendix C—Behavior Management Techniques

References

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