Abstract:

This research purpose to examine the effect of the "I Can Succesed Preschools" Social Emotional Learning Program on the social skills of preschool children. In the research, experimental research design, in which quantitative and qualitative research methods are used together, was used. The sample of the research consisted of 94 children selected by the purposeful sampling method among the preshool children. 47 of the children were determined as the experimental group and 47 as the control group. In the collection of research data, “General Information Form”, “Social Skills Development System” developed by Gresham and Elliott (2008) and adapted into Turkish by Tutkun and Dinçer (2019) were used. As a result of the research, it was determined that there was a significant difference in the social skills of the children in the experimental group to whom the "I Can Succesed Preschools" Social Emotional Learning Program was applied (p<.05). In addition, it was observed that the effect of the program was preserved with the permanence test applied to the experimental group four weeks after the posttest (p>.05). 

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