We Have Skills!

We Have Skills! (WHS) is a video-based social skills instructional program designed for early elementary school students (kindergarten through 3rd grade). The program teaches seven core social skills: listen, ask for help, follow directions, do the best you can, follow the rules, work out strong feelings, and get along. WHS consists of eight 5-minute video lessons featuring a teacher (Mr. Lopez) and students who interact with a 'magic' chalkboard presenting realistic vignettes, animated animal characters, and catchy songs. The program is delivered to whole classrooms and includes supplementary materials such as fillable booklets, coloring pages, skill cards, posters, reinforcement systems (skill tickets, tally sheets, happy notices for parents, certificates of mastery), and an online assessment tool (ESBA). Teachers receive approximately one hour of online training to familiarize themselves with the program components and access fully developed lesson plans. Each weekly lesson includes a 5-10 minute discussion and a 5-minute video, with optional practice activities including songs (30 seconds per skill), picture cards (2-4 minutes), role plays (1-5 minutes), and take-home booklets (5 minutes). The program was designed to be easy to implement, minimally time-consuming, and firmly rooted in evidence-based practices including PBIS, RtI, and explicit instruction.