Table 1.
Behavioral and Social Skills Definition.
Behavioral | Externalizing | Behaviors that are directed outwardly at the social environment (e.g., opposition, defiance, aggression; Gresham & Kern, 2004) |
Internalizing | Behaviors that are directed inwardly at the individual exhibiting the behavior (e.g., withdrawal, depression, anxiety; Gresham & Kern, 2004) | |
Social skills | Social skills | The behavior(s) that are performed after being taught and learned (Gresham, Sugai, & Horner, 2001). These behaviors include three domains: (a) social interaction, (b) prosocial behavior, and (c) social-cognitive skills (Cook et al., 2008; Gresham, Cook, Crews, & Kern, 2004) |