Sessions 16–20: Checking-It-Out
David L. Roberts, David L. Penn, and Dennis R. Combs
in Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT): Group Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, Clinician Guide
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for implementing Phase III of SCIT, which comprises sessions 16 through 20. Phase III constitutes the final third of the intervention, ...
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Letter to New Society: Love or Skill?
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 7, 1964 - 1966
Winnicott’s letter to New Society in which he expands on a letter from Paul Halmos which had described the roles of love and skill in social work and psychotherapy. ...
Role Transitions
Myrna M. Weissman, John C. Markowitz, and Gerald L. Klerman
in Clinician's Quick Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy
This chapter discusses interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in cases of depression associated with role transitions, including definitions, goals and strategies, new social or work skills, and ...
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Counseling Clients with Asperger’s
Frank W. Gaskill
in Handbook of Private Practice: Keys to Success for Mental Health Practitioners
Children, teens, and young adults who are Asperger’s have a unique set of clinical needs. Mental health practitioners with the appropriate training and clinical skills may provide these ...
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Peer Management Interventions
Kate A. Helbig and Evan H. Dart
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
Peer management interventions include strategies in which a student interventionist is trained to prompt, reinforce, and/or provide feedback on other students’ nonacademic behaviors (e.g., ...
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Naturalistic Approaches to Social Skills Training and Development
Mark F. O’Reilly, Audrey Sorrells, Summer Gainey, Jeff Sigafoos, Giulio E. Lancioni, Russell Lang, Mandy Risploi, and Tonya Davis
in Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Recent Advances and Innovations in Assessment, Education, and Intervention
Deficits in social skills are a defining characteristic of autism spectrum disorders. A variety of evidence-based interventions are available to treat such deficits. These interventions ...
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Selected Social-Emotional Learning Interventions
Frank M. Gresham, Shelby Byrd, and Kaitlin Cassidy
in Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Social skills, or social-emotional skills, are interchangeable terms used to describe an individual’s ability to perform social behaviors, as well as regulate and express ...
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Social Skills
John A. Hunter
in Help for Adolescent Males with Sexual Behavior Problems: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program, Workbook
Chapter 2 introduces the first phase of the treatment program. This chapters focuses on social skills, and includes a definition of social skills, along with the links between social skills ...
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Respectful Communication and Social Skills for Children
Amy E. West, Sally M. Weinstein, and Mani N. Pavuluri
in RAINBOW: A Child- and Family-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, Clinician Guide
Session 7 of the RAINBOW treatment protocol focuses on helping the child develop communication skills to improve peer and family relationships (ingredient B: Be a good friend of RAINBOW), ...
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Teaching Social Skills in School Settings
Wendy Machalicek, Tonya Davis, Mark O’Reilly, Natasha Beretvas, Jeff Sigafoos, Giulio Lancioni, Vanessa Green, and Chaturi Edrisinha
in Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational and behavior support interventions that work
This chapter presents thereader with an overview of the social skills targeted and the interventions usedwith children with autism in school settings. It includes conversational skills, ...
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Social Phobia
Peter D. McLean and Sheila R. Woody
in Anxiety Disorders in Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach to Psychological Treatment
This chapter first discusses the continuum of social anxiety, beginning with shyness, and reviews many of the complex issues associated with the psychopathology of social phobia, including ...
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Computer-Based Instruction
Jeff Sigafoos, Sathiyaprakash Ramdoss, Debora Kagohara, Robert C. Pennington, Giulio E. Lancioni, and Mark F. O’Reilly
in Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Recent Advances and Innovations in Assessment, Education, and Intervention
This chapter focuses on the use of computer-based instruction (CBI) for teaching persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Our review considers the types of CBI systems that have been ...
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Flexible Individual and Joint Sessions
Mark D. Miller
in Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Late Life: Helping Cognitively Impaired or Depressed Elders and Their Caregivers
Chapter 11 outlines flexible individual and joint sessions for interpersonal therapy for cognitive impairment (IPT-ci). In contrast to traditional IPT, which was designed as an individual ...
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Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Physically and Psychologically Wounded
Walter Erich Penk and Dolores Little
in Military Psychologists' Desk Reference
The primary mission of the military is for service members to be combat ready. One must always be fit to serve; physically, psychologically, socially, ethically, and spiritually, in the ...
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Peer-Mediated Social Skills Training
Jessica N. Simpson and Timothy J. Lewis
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
A number of studies have included typically developing peers and other nontarget peers in social skills groups with target students. These students often serve as models for appropriate ...
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Peer-Mediated Behavioral Interventions
Keith C. Radley
in Peers as Change Agents: A Guide to Implementing Peer-Mediated Interventions in Schools
This chapter defines and describes peer-mediated behavioral interventions. This chapter introduces all peer-mediated behavioral interventions that directly train peers to work with other ...
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The development of social coping skills
Michael Argyle
in Learning to Cope: Developing as a Person in Complex Societies
This chapter discusses the development of social coping skills. This includes non-verbal and verbal communication, ‘rewardingness’ and basic social skills, rules and understanding, empathy ...
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“I Got This!”: The Joy of Competence and Self-Efficacy
Carol Landau
in Mood Prep 101: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Depression and Anxiety in College-Bound Teens
This chapter discusses the role of self-efficacy and confidence as foundations for student success and well-being. Based on the work of Albert Bandura and social learning theory, the goal ...
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Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy
Daniel R. Mueller, Stefanie J. Schmidt, and Volker Roder
in Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: From Evidence to Treatment
This chapter outlines Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy (INT) for schizophrenia patients. It consists of five subprograms, each with incremental steps. INT starts with a subprogram ...
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Session 5
Anne Marie Albano and Patricia Marten DiBartolo
in Stand Up, Speak Out: Client Workbook
Session 5 outlines steps to improve social skills, beginning with the identification of behaviors that participants would like to change, and ways in which they can be improved and ...
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