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Program Evaluation of the Social Skills Intervention Program with Urban, African-American Kindergartners

Hanket, Jennifer A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1382972008

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2002, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Current research demonstrates the necessity of social skills development for academic success and positive interpersonal relationships. In the current study, 60 African-American students in three kindergarten classrooms participated in the Social Skills Intervention Program (SSIP; Elliott & Gresham, 1991). Each class was taught a total of 14 skills in a 7-week period. The effectiveness of the program was measured through teachers' ratings of each child on three domains of the Social Skills Rating System andTeacher form (SSRS-T; Gresham & Elliott, 1990) and each student's score on "blue-green-yellow-red" a behavior tracking system employed by the teachers. Participation in the SSIP significantly influenced the students in Class Three's use of social skills and behavior in the classroom. Data analysis showed that, after participation in the SSIP, the children in Class Three significantly improved their scores on the "Social Skills" domain of the SSRS-T, as well as their scores on the "blue-green-yellow-red" system. Possible reasons for the largely nonsignificant results, such as the student population, the students' home and school environments, the SSIP, or a combination of the above, are explored.
Janet R. Schultz, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Cynthia L. Dulaney, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
W. Michael Nelson, III, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
85 p.
African American Studies; Black Studies; Early Childhood Education; Social Psychology
social sciences; education; urban education; african-american; kindergarten; social skills intervention

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  • Hanket, J. A. (2002). Program Evaluation of the Social Skills Intervention Program with Urban, African-American Kindergartners [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1382972008

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hanket, Jennifer. Program Evaluation of the Social Skills Intervention Program with Urban, African-American Kindergartners. 2002. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1382972008.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hanket, Jennifer. "Program Evaluation of the Social Skills Intervention Program with Urban, African-American Kindergartners." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1382972008

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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