Proposal for improving social skills in 4- and 5-year-old preschoolers with disruptive behaviors

Abstract

Disruptive behavior occurs in the child as a difficulty in exercising control over their emotions and behavior, which can be challenging and generate interpersonal conflicts due to the presence of aggressiveness, being a problem that requires intervention in the most serious or persistent cases, since they can continue with the passage of time. This work aims to design a proposal for the improvement of social skills in preschoolers with disruptive behaviors between 4 and 5 years of age. It is based on a bibliographic review on disruptive behaviors and on the most used intervention strategies to improve social skills in this population group. Next, the analysis of the educational context of a rural area of the municipality of Cúcuta is made and the type of aggressive behaviors that students have with their classmates, teachers and parents is described. Based on this, an intervention proposal is designed for 30 preschoolers, with the aim of raising awareness and training adults on how to address this problem at home with a school for parents and also with minors through strategies based on in playful, artistic expression and mindfulness exercises. 5 training modules are proposed with different sessions to intervene with the recipients, which can be applied in the different educational institutions of the selected rural context, since the activities to be carried out, the schedule and the evaluation techniques are described in detail. It is concluded that social skills are fundamental in the integral development of individuals. It is necessary to promote from the first years of the educational stage the ability to adapt to social situations, as well as the improvement of expression and understanding of others