STOP THINK DO: Treatment and prevention of social-behavioural problems

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Lindy Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Core Skill ◽  
Primary Prevention Strategy ◽  
Future Direction

This paper outlines a cognitive-behavioural-motivational social skills training program for children and adolescents in a clinic or school setting, with a treatment or preventive focus. The approach is didactic and experiential, reflected in its core skill and process – the STOP THINK DO method of social problem solving and relating, following the traffic light cue. The program is broad based to include essential social supports, namely parents, teachers and peers to encourage transfer and maintenance of social skills and pro-social attitudes. Essentially, STOP THINK DO is a behaviour management method for adults and social skills training method for children. A future direction involves the implementation of a curriculum based program as a primary prevention strategy through the formal promotion of social competence in Australian school children. This application represents the confluence of theory, research and practice in social development, plus the interface between developmental, systems and community psychology.

scholarly journals Hall of Heroes: A Digital Game for Social Skills Training with Young Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa E. DeRosier ◽  
James M. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

Traditional social skills training (SST) programs are delivered in person and suffer from significant time, financial, and opportunity barriers that limit their reach and potential benefits for youth. This paper describes the design and preliminary evaluation ofHall of Heroes, a digital game that presents SST through an engaging superhero-themed virtual story world. Participants were randomly assigned to complete the digital game (n = 15) or to a waitlist control condition (n = 14) and were compared on parent-report measures of social emotional functioning. Youth who completedHall of Heroessignificantly improved in their abilities to relate to others (both peers and family members) as well as to accept affection and express emotions with others, compared to youth who did not complete the SST intervention. Further, youth in the treatment condition showed a significantly greater decline in feelings of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness than did youth in the control condition. Both parents and youth reported high levels of engagement in and acceptability of theHall of Heroes. This study adds to the research literature, supporting the potential of a game-based SST platform for effectively helping youth develop prosocial social problem-solving skills.

Examining the Permanence of the Effect of a Social Skills Training Program for the Acquisition of Social Problem-Solving Skills

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1419-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esra Dereli
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Preschool Period ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this study was to investigate the permanence of the effect of a social skills training program for children in increasing skills relating to solving social problems and understanding others' feelings during the preschool period (children aged 6 years). A total of 55 children took part in the research (35 in the experimental group and 20 in the control group). A social skills training program was taught to the children in the experimental group for 2 hours a week over 22 weeks and it was found that it significantly affected their social problem-solving skills and understanding of others' feelings. Results of posttest scores of the children and their scores after 1 year indicated that the Social Skills Training Program for Children maintains its effects.

Evaluation of the Sheidow Park social problem solving program for primary school children: a field study

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Jordana K. Bayer ◽  
Rosalyn Shute ◽  
Colin MacMullin
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Primary School Children

Research has demonstrated links between children's poor peer relations and various forms of child and adult psychosocial maladjustment. Social skills training programs have been developed to increase children's social competence and reduce the risk for later problems. The Sheidow Park Social Problem Solving Program is a curriculum based cognitive social skills training program, designed for Australian primary school children. The present research evaluated the effects of this program on a variety of dimensions of children's social competence. Subjects were Reception/Year 1 children in two classes of a South Australian suburban primary school. The teacher of one class implemented the social skills program, while the other class experienced no formal social skills intervention. The results indicated that the various measures of social competence employed were relatively independent of one another, supporting the need for a comprehensive range of measures in social skills training research. The Sheidow Park program demonstrated a significant effect on children's sense of social self-competence and the degree to which they perceived a variety of challenging social situations as difficult to deal with. However, the program had no effect on teacher and peer ratings of children's social competence or on children's satisfaction with their wider social network. The findings are explained within the context of attribution and cognitive dissonance theories, and the strengths and limitations of both the Sheidow Park program and the present research are discussed. Suggestions for future research and modifications to the program are made.

scholarly journals The Influence of Treatment Motivation on Outcomes of Social Skills Training for Juvenile Delinquents

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudy van der Stouwe ◽  
Jessica J. Asscher ◽  
Machteld Hoeve ◽  
Peter H. van der Laan ◽  
Geert Jan J. M. Stams
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Cognitive Empathy ◽  
Social Problem Solving ◽  
Developmental Task ◽  
Treatment Motivation ◽  
Total N

This study examined the influence of treatment motivation on posttreatment effectiveness of an outpatient, individual social skills training for juvenile delinquents imposed as a penal sanction. Propensity score matching was used to match a control group of juveniles receiving treatment as usual ( n = 108 of total N = 354) to a treatment group of juveniles receiving Tools4U, a social skills training with a parental component ( N = 115). Treatment motivation was examined as a moderator and predictor of treatment effects on impulsivity, social perspective-taking, social problem-solving, lack of critical reasoning, developmental task-related skills, and parenting skills. Treatment effects were mostly consistent across juveniles with different levels of treatment motivation. Only one moderating effect was found on active tackling (i.e., actively addressing problems), and predictive effects were found on seeking social support, cognitive empathy, hostile intent attribution, and self-centeredness. Implications for further research are discussed.

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