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Skillstreaming in Early Childhood: A Guide for Teaching Prosocial Skills

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Ellen McGinnis, Arnold P Goldstein

  • Skillstreaming in Early Childhood
  • Skillstreaming in Early Childhood
    This widely acclaimed approach developed by Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein and colleagues is now in large format with reproducible skill outlines, skill homework reports, and program forms CD.

352 pages
Interest Age: 3 to 6
2011
ISBN: 9780878226542

Skillstreaming in Early Childhood employs a four-part training approach; modelling, role-playing, performance feedback, and generalisation; to teach essential prosocial skills to pre-school and kindergarten-age children. This book provides a complete description of the Skillstreaming program, with instructions for teaching 40 prosocial skills.

Part 1: Skillstreaming Program Content and Implementation

Chapters on effective Skillstreaming arrangements, Skillstreaming teaching procedures, refining skill use, teaching for skill generalisation, managing behaviour problems, Skillstreaming in the school context, and more.

Part 2: Skill Outlines and Homework Reports

Skill outlines are handy one-page summaries for each skill, including skill steps, guidelines for skill instruction, and suggested situations for modelling displays. Homework reports list skill steps and guide students in practising the skills and evaluating skill use outside the Skillstreaming group.

Skill Areas • Beginning Social Skills • School-Related Skills • Friendship-Making Skills • Dealing with Feelings • Alternatives to Aggression • Dealing with Stress

This widely acclaimed approach developed by Dr. Arnold P. Goldstein and colleagues is now in 8½×11 format with reproducible skill outlines, skill homework reports, and program forms.

Reproducible forms and handouts for this title are available from a downloads page.

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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