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A Consumer Reports-Like Review of the Empirical Literature Specific to Preschool Children’s Peer-Related Social Skills

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This chapter is concerned primarily with a “Consumer Reports” like review of the empirical literature specific to the promotion of preschool children’s peer-related social skills. Additionally, the review is targeted on young children with identified special needs. As a precedent to that review, we first consider two important questions: (a) What does it mean to be a social competent preschooler and (b) why should practitioners be so concerned about social competence? Following the “Consumer Reports” review, practitioner implications are presented.

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    *Articles included in Goldstein and colleagues’ (2014) systematic review.

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Joseph, J.D., Strain, P., Olszewski, A., Goldstein, H. (2016). A Consumer Reports-Like Review of the Empirical Literature Specific to Preschool Children’s Peer-Related Social Skills. In: Reichow, B., Boyd, B., Barton, E., Odom, S. (eds) Handbook of Early Childhood Special Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28492-7_11

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