THE EFFECTS OF “RESILIENCE PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN” ON 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN’S SOCIAL SKILLS

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 1 - 11, 01.08.2016

Fatma Özge Ünsal Gülden Uyanık Balat

Abstract

The aim of the study is to find out the effects of the “Resilience Program for
Preschool Children” (RPPC) on 5-year-old children’s social skills. The RPPC was
adapted from Building Resilience in Preschool Children written by Baum &
Anchor in 2005. “Social Skills Evaluation Scale (SSES)” developed by Avcıoğlu
(2007), and “Personal Information Form” (PIF) developed by the researcher were
employed as data collection tools. These tools were applied to 67 children 5 years
of age in total at second semester of 2014-2015 academic year, which comprises
of 18 children who take education at Marmara University Prof. Dr.Ayla Oktay
Preschool Education Unit; 23 children who take education at Goztepe Semiha
Sakir Social Services and Child Protection Institution(SSCPI) Kindergarten; and
26 children who take education at Münevver Şefik Fergar Primary School
Kindergarten. Pre-test and post-test experimantal control group was used, in order
to investigate the effect of “The RPPC” on the dimensions of social skills. Findings
show that the experimental group children who took special training sessions
received meaningfully higher scores than the control group children who did not
undergo any special education, and social skills of the experimental group children
are developped more than the control group children’s (p>0,05). 

Keywords

Preschoo, Resilience Program, Social Skills, Children Early, Childhood Education

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