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Teaching Social Skills to Youth: A Curriculum for Child-Care Providers
by Tom Dowd, Jeff Tierney
Book description:
A master guide to social skills instruction for
anyone working with children and adolescents.
Youth who make poor decisions, have difficulty making friends, fight, and
generally behave badly often do so because they never have learned the social
behaviors many of us take for granted.
Their inability to cope with everyday situations makes them vulnerable to an
array for problems, including self-defeating behaviors and self-destructive
impulses.
Teaching Social Skills to Youth describes one of the most effective ways to help
improve the behavior of young people. More than 180 social skills, from the
basic (following instructions and introducing yourself) to the complex (stress
management and conflict resolution), are broken down into component behaviors to
aid the learning process. The book also explains the teaching techniques that
enable youth to recognize when, where, or with whom to use a particular skill.
Teaching Social Skills to Youth is an ideal resource in the classroom, in
counseling or therapy, and in job training programs. It's also the perfect
companion book to Treating Youth with DSM-IV Disorders: The Role of Social Skill
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Basic Social Skills for Youth: A Handbook from Boys Town
by Boys Town Press, Father
Flanagan's Boys' Home, Val J. Peter
Product Description:
This guidebook provides a handy reference for youth to the eight most important
social skills and their behavioral steps. Each step includes a rationale for why
it is important and hints on how it can best be applied. Eight social skills are
included: following instructions, disagreeing appropriately, accepting criticism
or a consequence, talking with others, showing respect, accepting "no" for an
answer, introducing yourself, and showing sensitivity to others. The behavioral
steps to each skill are presented, each with a rationale that youth will respond
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Games to Enhance Social and Emotional Skills: Sixty-Six Games That Teach
Children, Adolescents, and Adults Skills Crucial to Success in Life
by John M. Malouff, Nikola S. Schutte
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Getting Along: Teaching Social Skills to Children and Youth
by Jim Ollhoff, Laurie Ollhoff
Book description:
This user-friendly examination
of social skills covers issues like:
--Why kids don �t learn social skills like they used to
--How to evaluate which skills are needed
--What a child is like without a particular skill
--The three ways to teach social skills
--The seven social skills kids need
Full of examples, case studies, and practical helps, this hands-on book digs
into the question of "how do you teach social skills to children and youth?"
Designed for the adult professional in out-of-school time settings, this book is
meant to give professionals help in their understanding and practice of teaching
social skills. If you work with kids, this book will help you see what kids need
�and how to give them the gift of social skills. Social skills are gifts that
will truly last a lifetime.
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Social Problem Solving: Interventions in the
Schools
by Maurice J., Phd Elias, Steven E. Tobias
Book Review
From Book News, Inc.
Describes techniques for promoting social, academic, familial, and vocational
skills in K-8 students at various levels of risk in both regular and special
education contexts, based on an ongoing 15-year project. Discusses the role of
social problem solving and decision making in the classroom, and describes
intervention techniques, skills development, group intervention, video-based
applications for high- risk youth, and staff training and assessment. Annotation
c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Review
"....this book describes proven and practical techniques for helping students
achieve academic, social, and vocational success...." --Journal of Social Work
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Working with Challenging Youth: Lessons Learned
Along the Way
by Brent Richardson
Book description:
Stressing the importance of self-awareness, genuineness, and empathy in
effective counselors, this book will be a practical, reader-friendly guide
through the pitfalls and problems that arise when working with challenging
populations. Building on a solid theoretical base in Reality Therapy, Humanistic
Philosophy, Solution-Focused therapy, MRI Brief Problem-focused therapy, and
Systems theory, the book identifies specific considerations and strategies for
counselors.
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