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Social skills training: where are we going?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Helen McGrath
Helen McGrath*
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Faculty of Education, Deakin University
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This paper looks at social skills intervention programs for students. The arguments and research evidence for teaching social skills are discussed as well as the issue of which social skills should be taught. Conclusions are drawn about the most effective kind of intervention programs and arguments are presented for educational psychologist to work in collaboration with teachers to present social skills programs. The issue of peer reputations is discussed.

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