Methodological Adaptations in Assertiveness Training Programs Designed for the Blind

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1281-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas H. Ruben
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Assertiveness Training ◽  
Training Package

The current research applies an “alternative” social skills training package with revisions in assertiveness for congenital and adventitious blind rehabilitation students. A series of 5 units covering philosophic concepts of blindness and practical techniques for an assertive repertoire comprised 2 assertiveness courses, each lasting 4 weeks ( Ns = 7, 6). Methodological revisions mainly included more auditory and gestural manipulations.

Social Skills Training with Chronic Psychiatric Patients

1981 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 284-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Hewitt ◽  
Clare Wishart ◽  
Rod Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Groups ◽  
Training Package ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients

The article presents a social skills package for use by occupational therapy staff working with chronic psychiatric patients, The training package is evaluated and results indicate its effectiveness. Difficulties encountered in running social skills training groups in a hospital setting are discussed. The importance of generalization training for social skills is stressed.

Enhancing the Motivation and Skills Needed to Overcome Interpersonal Problems

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard S. Adelman ◽  
Linda Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Interpersonal Problems ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Interpersonal Functioning ◽  
Primary Focus

Lack of systematic emphasis on motivational considerations is discussed as a major reason for limited generalization and maintenance of skills learned in social-skills training programs. In this connection, motivation is explored as a primary focus of interventions designed to help individuals overcome interpersonal problems. Specifically, it is suggested that strategies to improve skills for interpersonal functioning are best accomplished in interaction with systematic strategies to enhance motivation for avoiding and overcoming interpersonal problems.

Entraînement Aux Habiletés Sociales et Prévention en Milieu Scolaire

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Royer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Milieu Scolaire

Between preschool years and adolescence, social life among peers requires different skills (cognitive, emotional and behavioral). Promoting the adequate skills according to age levels may lead to social adjustment, which is a mental health core dimension. Furthermore, it may lead to improved academic achievement. Many social skills training programs from varied orientations have been implemented: the main characteristics of a few of them are presented, followed by a discussion concerning conditions that could facilitate the implementation of such a program and its effects.

scholarly journals SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING IN FLIGHT SCHOOLS: A PROACTIVE TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT THREATS AND RISKS

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Safety Management Systems ◽  
Interpersonal Situations ◽  
And Training

Safety Management Systems in aviation generate training programs that develop skills needed to perform safety functions. The objective of this study is to show that, in groups, individuals need to have interpersonal skills and, in particular, ability to communicate with others, to listen, and to influence. It is for this reason that Social Skills Training is important in Aviation. Professionals trained in social skills are more likely to identify threats and risks caused by interpersonal situations, be assertive, and take appropriate action. As a contribution, this paper suggests a set of policies, procedures and practices for educating and training future professionals who will work in aviation safety.

Social Skills Training in Groups with Developmentally Disabled Adults

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Hall ◽  
David J. Schlesinger ◽  
John P. Dineen
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Developmentally Disabled ◽  
Baseline Design ◽  
Training Package ◽  
Disabled Adults

This first of two social work studies with developmentally disabled adults evaluates the effectiveness of a social skills training package in a replication of Bales (1980). Two groups of four trainees from vocational training programs were organized at two sites, respectively (n = 8). Both groups received a 12-session training package designed to improve social skills in four domains. A multiple baseline design across skills was used to evaluate effectiveness for individuals in each group, with skills assessed using a 16-situation role-play test. As a result of training, participants improved in skill performance using the role-play test, but an in-vivo assessment showed little change. Thus it was concluded that the treatment package was effective in improving social skills, but not powerful enough to effect significant changes in other settings. Suggestions are given concerning treatment effectiveness and implications for social work practice.

Criteria Used to Define and Evaluate Socially competent Behavior Among Women

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen D. Gambrill ◽  
Cheryl A. Richey
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Process View ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Verbal And Nonverbal Behaviors

Criteria used to evaluate socially competent behavior of women are described and critiqued. Many definitions of social competence do not employ a process view of social behavior in which individual goals and values as well as specific verbal and nonverbal behaviors are considered. This may result in the imposition of artificial goals on consumers of assertion and social skills training programs and the neglect of individual goals. The relationship between the definition of competence used and the assessment methods relied on is discussed. The advantages of focusing on specific goals are noted and a checklist that consumers can use to review the content of training programs is provided.

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