Abstract
In order to facilitate positive peer relations, classroom-based social skills training (three 45-minute sessions) was conducted with 2nd grade school children. The target social skills were positive social initiations and responses, which seemed to be basic to every kind of social skill for these children. The coaching procedure comprised instruction, modeling, behavioral rehearsal, feedback, and reinforcement. After the training, trained children, compared with control children, significantly increased a number of likability nominations from peers, which indicated that the children's peer relation improved after the training. The training gains for trained children were also supported by their teachers' ratings on the children's social skills. These results demonstrated that classroom-based social skills training facilitate the children's positive view to peers, as well as the acquisition of social skills.
