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The purpose of this research is to investigate the expectations of teachers and mothers regarding the social skills that they consider critical for the success of 60-72 months old children. Personal Information Form and the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS / 3-5 years) Teachers and Parents Form were used to collect data. SSRS was filled by mothers (n=782) and teachers (n=78) of 6072 months old children. The results of the research indicated that while more than 50% of the teachers evaluated the twelve skills as ''critical'', mothers evaluated the fifteen skills as ''critical''. While the most important skill for the children according to the mothers was “Communicates problems to you ", the teachers evaluated the skill “Controls temper in conflict situation with peers” as the most important

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