Social skills training was found to have no discernible effects on cognition and positive effects on social-emotional development and behavior for children with disabilities in early education settings.
Social skills training is not a specific curriculum, but rather a collection of practices that utilize a behavioral approach to teaching preschool children age-appropriate social skills and competencies, including communication, problem solving, decision making, self-management, and peer relations. Social skills training can occur in both regular and special education classrooms.
A summary of the effectiveness of an intervention in an outcome domain, based on the quality of research, the statistical significance of findings, the magnitude of findings, and the consistency of findings across studies.
 Positive: strong evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes. |
 Potentially Positive: evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence. |
 Mixed: evidence that intervention’s effect on outcomes is inconsistent. |
 No Discernible: no evidence that intervention had an effect on outcomes. |
 Potentially Negative: evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence. |
 Negative: strong evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes. |
For more, please see the WWC Glossary entry for rating of effectiveness.
Evidence Tier.
The percent of each characteristic is based on the sample size of all studies meeting standards that reported data on the characteristic.
Percentages below may not add to 100 percent.
| Outcome Domain | Effectiveness Rating | Grades | Evidence Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognition |  |
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| Social-emotional development |  |
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Last Updated: February 2013
Race
| Asian | 8% | |
| Black | 46% | |
| White | 30% | |
| Other or unknown | 8% |
Ethnicity
| Hispanic | 29% | |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 71% |
Gender
Delivery Method
Urbanicity
Locations
This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by Mathematica under contract ED-07-CO-0062.
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