A Consumer Reports -Like Review of the Empirical Literature Specific to Preschool Children’s Peer-Related Social Skills

This chapter is concerned primarily with a “Consumer Reports” like review of the empirical literature specific to the promotion of preschool children’s peer-related social skills. Additionally, the review is targeted on young children with identified special needs. As a precedent to that review, we first consider two important questions: (a) What does it mean to be a social competent preschooler and (b) why should practitioners be so concerned about social competence? Following the “Consumer Reports” review, practitioner implications are presented.