Important skills for elementary school children: Implementing the preschool life skills program in Iceland
Abstract Transition from preschool to elementary school can be difficult, especially for children that have not acquired important life skills. The preschool life skills (PLS) program was developed as a class‐wide program to teach typically developing preschool children important social and communic...
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crwiley:10.1002/bin.1846 2024-06-02T08:09:14+00:00 Important skills for elementary school children: Implementing the preschool life skills program in Iceland Hálfdanardóttir, Bára Fanney Ingvarsson, Einar T. Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Berglind 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bin.1846 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/bin.1846 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/bin.1846 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Behavioral Interventions volume 37, issue 2, page 345-362 ISSN 1072-0847 1099-078X journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1846 2024-05-03T11:31:10Z Abstract Transition from preschool to elementary school can be difficult, especially for children that have not acquired important life skills. The preschool life skills (PLS) program was developed as a class‐wide program to teach typically developing preschool children important social and communication skills. PLS is an effective method for teaching children social skills as well as reducing problem behavior. However, there is a need to further evaluate the feasibility and generality of the program across different cultural contexts. The aim of this study was to evaluate an abbreviated version of the PLS program in a typical Icelandic preschool, with a preschool teacher as the primary implementer. PLS increased the likelihood of the occurrence of instruction following, functional communication, and decreased problem behavior for most children. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Behavioral Interventions |
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Abstract Transition from preschool to elementary school can be difficult, especially for children that have not acquired important life skills. The preschool life skills (PLS) program was developed as a class‐wide program to teach typically developing preschool children important social and communication skills. PLS is an effective method for teaching children social skills as well as reducing problem behavior. However, there is a need to further evaluate the feasibility and generality of the program across different cultural contexts. The aim of this study was to evaluate an abbreviated version of the PLS program in a typical Icelandic preschool, with a preschool teacher as the primary implementer. PLS increased the likelihood of the occurrence of instruction following, functional communication, and decreased problem behavior for most children. |
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Important skills for elementary school children: Implementing the preschool life skills program in Iceland |
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Important skills for elementary school children: Implementing the preschool life skills program in Iceland |
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