The Interpersonal Cognitive Problem Solving Approach for Preschoolers

Abstract

Children’s ability to produce effective solutions to the problems related with their interpersonal relationships in their daily lives and to develop these problem-solving skills is closely concerned with their level of social adaptation and emotional satisfaction. It is observed that children who display behavior problems in preschool education settings usually lack interpersonal problem-solving skills. These skills are teachable to teachers and parents to help children learn I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) skills and how to use those when real problems came up. Children could learn ICPS skills and generalize them their newly acquired skills. ICPS is an extremely promising approach for promoting pro-social competence. Prevention of behavior problems in children and because of the for development of social competence is an important issue many of these models is needed to identify. This article describes the results of studies in different cultures, the interpersonal problem solving models based.