The effects of "I can problem solve" program on preschool children's perspective taking skills

This study was conducted to determine the effects of I Can Problem Solve Program on preschool children's perspective taking skills. Participants were 51 children who were attending kindergarten at two different public elementary schools in the center of Adana, during the 2016-2017 academic year. In the study, a pretest – posttest – permanence test control group desing was used. There were an experimental group and two control groups. As data collection tools, a general information form wich was developed by the researcher and "Perspective Taking Test for Children (PTC)" which was developed by Aslan And Köksal-Akyol (2016) were used. Firstly PTC was applied to children as pretest. Then "I Can Problem Solve Program" which was developed by Shure (1992) and Adapted to Turkish by Öğülmüş (2001) was applied to children in experimental group. Children in control groups were attend the regular program. After the completing the program application PTC was applied to children in experimental group and control groups as post test. Finally, PTC was applied to children in experimental group as permanence test after a month of posttest. At the end of the research, it was determined that I Can Problem Solve Program had a significant impact on children's perspective taking skills. There was a statistically significant difference between experimental group and control groups in posttest, while there was no difference between the groups in prettest. Children in experimental group performed better than children in control groups in posttest. Moreover, there was no significant difference in experimental group's scores between posttest and permanence test scores. Key words: Preschool period, perspective taking skills, I can problem solve program.