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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Modif. 2014 Dec 29;39(1):8–42. doi: 10.1177/0145445514561318

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)