Perfecting Social Skills

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to Social Skills

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   2. On the Nature of Social Skills

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   3. From Research to Application

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      Pages 23-41

3. Developing Social Skills

   1. Front Matter

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   2. What to Assess and Why

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      Pages 45-63

   3. How to Assess

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      Pages 65-83

   4. Teaching More Effective Social Behaviors

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      Pages 85-111

   5. Promoting Transfer to the Natural Environment

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      Pages 113-131

4. Applications

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   2. Marital-Skills Training

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      Pages 135-155

   3. Skills Training with Children

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      Pages 157-178

   4. Training Alternatives to Aggression

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      Pages 179-197

   5. Training Social Skills at Work

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      Pages 199-214

5. Back Matter

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That man is a social being is almost axiomatic. Our interpersonal relation­ ships can be sources of the most rewarding or the most painful of human experiences. To a large measure our accomplishments in life depend on the facility with which we interact with others-our social skill. The acquisition of social skills is, of course, a natural part of the overall socialization process. However, in many instances it becomes necessary or desirable to develop further an individual's social facilities. Such skill development is the topic of this book. Two major goals were kept in mind in the writing of this book. The first was to provide a conceptual framework within which to view social skills. Such a framework allows one to understand why it is important to develop social skills, and the effects that such skill development should have. If the reader has a thorough understanding of the concept of social skills and their development, it becomes possible to make appropriate innovations and adaptions to his or her own circumstances. Without such a framework, social-skills training becomes little more than a collection of disjointed techniques. Also, without a conceptual understanding, pro­ cedural innovations are difficult to incorporate into training.

• IRA
• Innovation
• children
• development
• environment
• mind
• nature
• socialization

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

  Richard M. Eisler, Lee W. Frederiksen

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