This paper presents a part of a research report from a study conducted to investigate the social skills competence of students with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) by the author (Chen, 2004). The purpose of this paper is to review literature published from 1970 through 2004 that are associated with social skills training for students with behavioral difficulties in both the general and special education settings. Studies are reviewed in order to investigate the effectiveness of the various social skills training (SST) programs and methods. Another purpose of this paper is to identify trends in SST during the past 30 years.