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Skillstreaming in Early Childhood

SKILLSTREAMING FOR PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS

The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss McGinnis and Goldstein's (1990) program Skillstreaming in early childhood: Teaching prosocial skills to the preschool and kindergarten child. In this regard, skillstreaming can be defined as a set of instructional methods and strategies designed to promote social behaviors. The skillstreaming program was developed by the authors based on the assumption that it is important for educators to provide students with instruction in problem-reducing and problem-avoiding prosocial and affective skills.

While skillstreaming programs are available for students of diverse ages, McGinnis and Goldstein (1990) state that beginning the program at the preschool and/or kindergarten level is especially important in that this early learning of prosocial behavioral alternatives enhances the child's personal development and helps prevent more serious difficulties in later childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood.

Skillstreaming programs are not only used with students of diverse ages, skillstreaming curriculum has also been developed and implemented for various types of student populations. At the preschool and kindergarten level---as well as other levels--these include curriculum for students with learning disabilities (McGinnis, 1985); students with behavior disorders (Miller, 1992); and physically handicapped students (McGinnis, 1985).

According to McGinnis and Goldstein (1990), the prosocial skills being taught to preschool and kindergarten students are also equally diverse. They include such prosocial behaviors as: interpersonal interaction for the purposes of refusal (how to say no); classroom survival techniques, friendship-making, dealing with feelings, alternatives to aggression, and stress management and coping skills; as well as conflict-resolution and anger management skills.

The research on skillstreaming tra...

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