Practice and the Effect of Continuous Social Skills Training in an Elementary School

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effective results of continuous social skills training in an elementary school. In reference to the previousfindings of an intervention study for the class group,this study focused on following two viewpoints: (1) Practice to be performed by the class teacher, and (2) Continuous 6 weeks Practice utilizing the class of one credit hour as well as a short-homeroom (15 minutes meeting) held in the morning once a week. The survey was conducted among 698 elementary school students. As a result, it was suggested that the social skills training could serve many students to improve their feeling of adaptability in the classroom. This result implies that this social skills training could be effective prevention intervention in case of maladjusted students in elementary schools.