It’s a good idea for homeschooling families to examine the role of social skills in child development and explore proven strategies for promoting these skills in an online school environment.

Early childhood education programs neglect social skills that are important for living and working together. This is shown by a study involving the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the ...

Low-income students who received a preschool intervention focused on social-emotional development continued to benefit from it during their teen years, according to a recent study published in the ...

Social-emotional learning is the teaching of nonacademic skills—such as emotional regulation, communication, and collaboration—that are important for success in school and in life.

Social-emotional skills—listening and following directions and sharing, cooperating with others, and taking turns—topped the list of the tasks that children today are having more trouble with ...

Social skills start developing at birth, when babies begin to mimic facial expressions. Over the course of the first year, they'll learn to smile, babble, and show interest in the world around them.

Let Kids Be ‘Little Lawyers’—Finding Loopholes Can Sharpen Their Social Skills A new study finds that when young kids find loopholes, or sneaky work-arounds, for instructions, they must ...

Regional nonprofit Behavioral Health Network has landed a nearly $1 million state grant to expand its work supporting the ...

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