Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers' social behaviors: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in child care centers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preschoolers regularly display disruptive behaviors in child care settings because they have not yet developed the social skills necessary to interact prosocially with others. Disruptive behaviors interfere with daily routines and can lead to conflict with peers and educators. We investigated the impact of a social skills training program led by childcare educators on children's social behaviors and tested whether the impact varied according to the child's sex and family socio-economic status.

Methods

Nineteen public Child Care Centers (CCC, n = 361 children) located in low socio-economic neighborhoods of Montreal, Canada, were randomized into one of two conditions: 1) intervention (n = 10 CCC; 185 children) or 2) wait list control (n = 9 CCC; 176 children). Educa

SUBMITTER: Larose MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181512 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature