Social Skills at School: Report of Internship Experience in School Psychology

• Main Authors: Jéssica Reusch Cruz, Naiana Dapieve Patias, Márcia Fortes Wagner
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC) 2020-01-01
• Series: Psi Unisc
• Subjects: psicologia escolar; relações interpessoais; habilidades sociais.
• Online Access: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/psi/article/view/13408

Social skills (HS) can be understood as classes of behaviors in the repertoire of the individual to deal adequately with interpersonal situations, being a theoretical construct linked to the behavioral model.This study aims to report the experience of a traineeship in psychology that had focused on developing social skills in 32 students, 12 students from high school and 20 Youth and Adult Education (EJA). Six meetings were held, one week with each class, the night shift, with the average duration of 45 minutes each meeting. The interventions were through dialogues, use of audiovisual resources, dynamics and dramatizations. From the proposed interventions, aimed to enable the development of more assertive behaviors of students in the classroom, by expressing their thoughts and feelings in a clear way, preserving the rights of others and without prejudice to their own rights, to reduce conflicts and improve interpersonal relationships. The results pointed to the improvement of the interpersonal relations in the school environment, according to observation of the behavior and report of the students and teachers themselves.