Yhdistävänä tekijänä tarinat – katsaus kielellisiä ja sosioemotionaalisia taitoja tukeviin interventiotutkimuksiin

Students in need of support may experience difficulties in both language and socio-emotional skills.There is a wealth of research on the connection between language and socio-emotional skills and, forexample, social and academic success. However, there is less research available on intervention modelsthat aim to simultaneously support both language and socio-emotional skills. This systematic literaturereview explores the types of interventions that have been developed to simultaneously supportlanguage and socio-emotional skills, as well as the kinds of exercises used in intervention sessions.The review identified 13 articles. Based on the findings, stories and fiction play a central role in thecontent of previous interventions – for example, students have discussed story content and created theirown stories. Overall, many of the interventions have been effective in supporting the development ofstudents’ skills. In addition, the pedagogical approaches used in these interventions are appropriate andcan be applied in educational settings. The review did not identify any interventions whose impact onstudents’ language and socio-emotional skills had been studied in Finland. Based on the findings, thereis a need for more research-based interventions that support language and socio-emotional skills andcan be implemented in Finnish special education.