1st Edition

New Directions in Social Skill Training

Edited By Roger Ellis, Dorothy Whittington Copyright 1983
332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

Research into and analysis of social skill training had become a subject of major interest by the early 1980s. On one hand, academic psychologists were increasingly focused on understanding social interaction, while on the other, there was growing demand for the practical application of social skill training across various contexts. First published in 1983,  New Directions in Social Skill... Read more

1. Introduction
Roger Ellis and Dorothy Whittington

2. Editorial Introduction
Social Skills Training for Teaching: A Cognitive Perspective
Donald McIntyre

3. Editorial Introduction
Social Skills and Applied Linguistics: Radical Implications for Training
Peter Tower

4. Editorial Introduction
Linguistics for Social Skill Training
Lesley Milroy and Michael F. McTear

5. Editorial Introduction
Situational Determinants of Social Skill
Adrian Furnham

6. Editorial Introduction
The Identification and Assessment of Social Skills
Harold E. Schroeder and Richard F. Rakos

7. Editorial Introduction
Individual Differences and SST
Owen Hargie and Christine Saunders

8. Editorial Introduction
Critical Elements in the Development of Children’s Social Skills
Sharon Foster

9. Editorial Introduction
Research in Social Skills Training: a Critique
Adrian Furnham

10. Conclusion
Roger Ellis and Dorothy Whittington

Biography

Roger Ellis

Dorothy Whittington

Review of the first publication:

‘Highly recommended reading for anyone working in the area of social skills training.’

The British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 144, Issue 1