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We Have Skills!: Teaching Social Skills to Elementary Students

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Intervention Details

Subject

Non-Academic Area

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

8 weeks

Grades

K, 1, 2, 3

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

We Have Skills! (WHS) is a program that teaches social skills to elementary students. WHS comprises three separate, functional components: Module 1 delivers student instructional materials, Module 2 offers an online tool for assessing student social behavior in response to instruction, and Module 3 provides professional development materials covering delivery of the instruction and more intensive forms of student support. The program includes video lessons, songs, posters, and practice activities to proactively teach core skills. It also includes a reinforcement system, teacher supports for addressing students' differing support needs, and an online Elementary School Behavior Assessment to assess the effectiveness of the lessons and individual student responsiveness.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on teacher self-efficacy

Positive effect on student behaviors

Source

Brion, M., Claudia G., V., Jeffrey R., S., Jessie, M., Jordan, P., Keith, S. & Pamela, Y. (2014). The Iterative Development and Initial Evaluation of "We Have Skills!", An Innovative Approach to Teaching Social Skills to Elementary Students (EJ1070194). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1070194.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

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