SOCIAL SKILLS

DEVELOPMENT AND

SOCIALIZATION
Social Competence
Children's friendship
Prosocial Behavior

SOCIAL COMPETENCE
Social competence Sub-domains of

refers to a child’s social competence

ability to get along
Adaptive behavior
with and relate to
Social skill
others
Peer acceptance

Four components of social competence

-Social -Cognitive
-Emotional -Behavioral skills

WHY SOCIAL COMPETENCE IMPORTANT?

Social competence enables children to interact
with peers in a variety of ways and contexts and to
maintain positive relationships with peers and
adults, both of which are critical for success in
school and beyond.

CHILDREN'S FRIENDSHIP
Friendships help children develop important

life skills like getting along with other people

and sorting out conflicts and problems.

DEVELOPMENTAL

BENEFITS OF EARLY

ENCOURAGE!
CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIPS 1. Getting to know you

2. Storytelling time
1. Model friendship

3. Activities in pairs or small

skills. groups
2. Encourage
4. “What friendship means
friendships that are
to me”
important to your
5. Compliment cards
6. Find out individual pupils'
child.
interests and strengths
3. Respect your

7. Teach and encourage

child’s personality good social skills

8. Encourage friendships to
develop outside the
classroom too
•“IF YOU HAVE TWO FRIENDS IN YOUR LIFETIME,
YOU'RE LUCKY. IF YOU HAVE ONE GOOD FRIEND,
YOU'RE MORE THAN LUCKY” (HINTON, 1997).

PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Prosocial behaviors refer to voluntary actions
specifically intended to benefit or improve the
well-being of another individual or group of
individuals.

Two main types of

Why it is important?
prosocial behavior
Enhanced Positivity
Sharing Behavior
Positive emotions.
Helping Behavior
Social acceptance
Engagement in

learning.

HOW TO INTRODUCE PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR?

•Praise students when

they behave prosocial.

•Use inductive discipline to correct

misbehavior.

Form positive teacher-student

relationships