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Ballard, Staci C.; Bender, Stacy L. – Preventing School Failure, 2022
Alternative education settings (AES) educate many students with social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) challenges. However, there is limited synthesized research available on how to best support students' SEB functioning. This systematic review examined SEB intervention and outcome research conducted in alternative schools between 2010 and 2020.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Students, Intervention, Mental Health
Syriopoulou-Delli, Christine K.; Gkiolnta, Eleni – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The use of socially assistive robotics (SARs) is a promising method for improving the social skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Studies conducted in this field in recent years show that the use of robots as collaborators may have positive effects on the development of social skills in children with ASD, especially in those…
Descriptors: Robotics, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Autism
Aldabas, Rashed – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The study aims to systematically review evidence on the effectiveness of peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) on children with ASD. A systematic review of English peer reviewed article journals was conducted. Only studies that had children with autism as participants and examined the effectiveness of PMIs in a school or home environment were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Children, Autism
Martin, Robin Ann; Alacaci, Cengiz – Research Papers in Education, 2015
This paper presents a critical and systematic review of 52 articles published from 2000 to 2012 about research conducted in Turkey concerning adolescents' social and emotional learning needs. In correspondence with international research, articles were examined across three categories in which adolescent needs could be addressed by educational…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Foreign Countries, Social Development, Emotional Development
Mills, Jonathan N. – Journal of School Choice, 2013
While choice opponents and proponents tend to focus on how programs impact achievement, the growing body of research indicating a strong relationship between future outcomes and noncognitive skills indicates a need to broaden the basis for assessing programs. This article synthesizes the existing literature on the development of noncognitive…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, School Choice, Skill Development, Charter Schools
Roberts, Jillian; Whiting-MacKinnon, Cheryl – British Journal of Special Education, 2012
Epilepsy affects between 0.3 and 0.6% of Canadian children aged 18 years and younger, and is one of the most frequently diagnosed neurological disorders among children in Canada as well as Europe. As such, it is likely that teachers will experience having a child with epilepsy in the classroom. Understanding how best to support children with…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Epilepsy, Children
Karkhaneh, Mohammad; Clark, Brenda; Ospina, Maria B.; Seida, Jennifer C.; Smith, Veronica; Hartling, Lisa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
Over the past 20 years a variety of treatments have been developed to remediate deficits associated with autism. Since the early 1990s, Social Stories[TM] have been suggested to positively affect the social development of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Despite much research, there remains uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Autism, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Social Development
Dong, Jianmei; Han, Fubin – College and University, 2010
With the development of mass higher education in China, confusion--a contradictory state between college students' awareness of employment, learning, morality, and their own behavior and societal requirements--is proving a ubiquitous problem among college students. His confusion has garnered much social attention. In this paper, the origins of…
Descriptors: College Students, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Social Development
Dunlap, Glen; Powell, Diane – Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children, 2009
This brief synthesis provides a summary of intervention practices that are supported by empirical evidence for promoting adaptive social-emotional behavior of young children in group contexts (e.g., pre-K classrooms; child care settings). The focus of the synthesis is on toddlers and preschool children who are identified as having disabilities or…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Development, Social Behavior, Young Children

Lewis, Michael – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
Discusses the social development of infants in terms of a set of tasks which include identity, culturation, and reproduction. Focuses on the task of identity, the role of self-awareness in relationships, and the relationship between identity and emotional life. (RJC)
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship
Hymel, Shelley; Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A.; Miller, Lynn D. – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2006
Outside of the family, schools are one of the more pervasive socializing contexts, helping children to acquire the appropriate behaviors and values needed to become acceptable and productive members of society. Traditionally, North American schools and teacher training programs have focused almost exclusively on the academic curriculum or what is…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Emotional Development, Social Development, Role of Education

Moore, Chris; Corkum, Valerie – Developmental Review, 1994
Identifies theoretical assumptions underlying the "commonsense view" that social behaviors, such as joint attention, social referencing, and protocommunication acts, which emerge toward the end of the first year of life, have been taken as evidence of considerable social understanding, even an "implicit" theory of mind. Argues…
Descriptors: Attention, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Interpersonal Competence
Siperstein, Gary N. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1992
This essay provides a rationale for including social competence as a prominent feature in the understanding of mental retardation, outlines efforts to describe socially competent behavior, and considers factors that underlie social competence. The essay introduces the papers in this special issue on social skills in individuals with mental…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Retardation
Schum, Robert L. – Volta Voices, 2000
This article discusses the difficulties some elementary children with hearing impairments have in developing social skills. The need to promote language development, to provide ample communication opportunities, and to analyze the level of social understanding is stressed. Positive reinforcement, provision of clear, concise rules for behavior, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Deafness, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments

Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Ingersoll, Brooke; Carter, Cynthia – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
This article introduces methods for increasing and improving play skills in children with autistic spectrum disorders. Behavioral techniques that are reviewed include discrete trial training, use of stereotyped behaviors to increase play skills, pivotal response training, reciprocal imitation training, differential reinforcement of appropriate…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Child Behavior, Classroom Techniques