Social skills training shows no discernible effects on cognition for preschool children with disabilities¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i? In the one study reporting cognition outcomes (Ferentino, 1991), the effect on the WPPSI-R Comprehension subtest was not statistically significant (effect size 0.19, p = 0.14, improvement index +7) and not substantively important by WWC criteria. → Social Skills Training 2013

Evidence¶

Social Skills Training 2013¶

Social Skills Training. (2013). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report: Early Childhood Education Interventions for Children with Disabilities. U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/578

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Randomized trial in a special education school comparing school-based social skills training (4 classrooms, 32 children) to wait-list control (4 classrooms, 33 children) on the WPPSI-R Comprehension subtest; the printed effect size is 0.19 with p = 0.14 and improvement index +7, favoring but not significantly, the intervention group.

"Ferentino (1991) reported findings that were not statistically significant or the one measure assessed in this outcome domain, and the WWC confirmed this calculation. The direction of this effect favored the social skills training group but was not large enough to be considered substantively important by WWC criteria."

Discussion¶

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