NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SKILLS

Social skills training (SST) has emerged as one of the most widely practiced methods of psychiatric rehabilitation. The purposes of this article are to review the research about its effects, propose guidelines for its practice, and discuss several related methodological and clinical issues such as promoting generalisation, predicting the degree of benefit, and integrating training with other rehabilitation services. The research suggests that SST, when conducted using appropriate curricula and teaching techniques, helps individuals with schizophrenia acquire relevant interpersonal and instrumental skills. Generalisation of these skills can be promoted by simultaneously linking training to the opportunities, prompts, and consequences needed to perform the skills in the extra-training environments. Long-term SST appears to be necessary in order to produce significant improvements in community functioning. The article concludes with suggestions for future clinical research.

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Quantitative nano-characterization of heterogeneous catalysts

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100138361 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 398-399

Author(s):

P.A. Crozier ◽

M. Pan

Keyword(s):

Heterogeneous Catalysts ◽

Low Dose ◽

Imaging Techniques ◽

Structural Features ◽

Catalyst Characterization ◽

New Developments ◽

Double Phase ◽

Phase Systems ◽

Dose Imaging

Heterogeneous catalysts can be of varying complexity ranging from single or double phase systems to complicated mixtures of metals and oxides with additives to help promote chemical reactions, extend the life of the catalysts, prevent poisoning etc. Although catalysis occurs on the surface of most systems, detailed descriptions of the microstructure and chemistry of catalysts can be helpful for developing an understanding of the mechanism by which a catalyst facilitates a reaction. Recent years have seen continued development and improvement of various TEM, STEM and AEM techniques for yielding information on the structure and chemistry of catalysts on the nanometer scale. Here we review some quantitative approaches to catalyst characterization that have resulted from new developments in instrumentation.HREM has been used to examine structural features of catalysts often by employing profile imaging techniques to study atomic details on the surface. Digital recording techniques employing slow-scan CCD cameras have facilitated the use of low-dose imaging in zeolite structure analysis and electron crystallography. Fig. la shows a low-dose image from SSZ-33 zeolite revealing the presence of a stacking fault.

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New Developments in Mass Spectrometry

10.1039/2045-7553 ◽

2014 ◽

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

New Developments

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Improvising Social Skills For Teens With ASD

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.hytt.23052018.38 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 38-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rachel Kasthurirathne ◽

Lacy Alana ◽

Jim Ansaldo

Keyword(s):

Social Skills

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App-tivate Your Social Skills Groups

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.app.20042015.40 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 40-41

Author(s):

Sean J. Sweeney

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Social Skills Groups

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It’s Elementary: Social Skills Boost Academics

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.ftr2.20092015.48 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (9) ◽

pp. 48-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Katherine Preston

Keyword(s):

Social Skills

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Four Simple Steps to Social Skills Success

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.miw.21052016.30 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 30-31

Author(s):

Jessie Ginsburg

Keyword(s):

Social Skills

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School Matters: What Happens in High School Goes Beyond High School

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.scm.18032013.26 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 25-26

Author(s):

Aruna Prasad

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Social Skills

Social skills learned in high school can help students with ASDs succeed after graduation.

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Instrumental Assessment in Cleft Palate Care

Perspectives on Speech Science and Orofacial Disorders ◽

10.1044/ssod23.2.49 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 49-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jamie Perry ◽

Graham Schenck

Keyword(s):

Cleft Palate ◽

New Developments ◽

Perceptual Evaluation ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Instrumental Assessment ◽

Speech Language Pathologist ◽

Hypernasal Speech ◽

Perceptual Assessment ◽

Velopharyngeal Function ◽

And Function

Despite advances in surgical management, it is estimated that 20–30% of children with repaired cleft palate will continue to have hypernasal speech and require a second surgery to create normal velopharyngeal function (Bricknell, McFadden, & Curran, 2002; Härtel, Karsten, & Gundlach, 1994; McWilliams, 1990). A qualitative perceptual assessment by a speech-language pathologist is considered the most important step of the evaluation for children with resonance disorders (Peterson-Falzone, Hardin-Jones, & Karnell, 2010). Direct and indirect instrumental analyses should be used to confirm or validate the perceptual evaluation of an experienced speech-language pathologist (Paal, Reulbach, Strobel-Schwarthoff, Nkenke, & Schuster, 2005). The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of current instrumental assessment methods used in cleft palate care. Both direct and indirect instrumental procedures will be reviewed with descriptions of the advantages and disadvantages of each. Lastly, new developments for evaluating velopharyngeal structures and function will be provided.

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