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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Social skill"”.
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Social skill in the workplace : what is social skill and how does it matter?
Social skill is becoming increasingly important in today's workplace because organizational structures are becoming flatter with more service-oriented positions. Strong social skill can facilitate interpersonal interactions, which can in turn lead to effective job outcomes. Although the change in …
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An empirical investigation of issues in the assessment of social skill
Research in the assessment and training of social skills has been hampered by the absence of adequate measurement and assessment instruments. The present study investigated a number of assessment issues in the area of social skill. These issues concerned the reliability and validity of untrained …
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An empirical investigation of issues in the assessment of social skill
Research in the assessment and training of social skills has been hampered by the absence of adequate measurement and assessment instruments. The present study investigated a number of assessment issues in the area of social skill. These issues concerned the reliability and validity of untrained …
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Autonomy Through Social Skill Development: A Camp Intervention for Young People with Spina Bifida
… that presents multiple physical and psychosocial challenges to autonomy development. Pediatric psychology may play a role in promoting autonomy development in this population through the implementation of empirically-supported, developmentally-appropriate, and syndrome-specific …
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The effects of cooperative learning incorporated with challenge education on social skill development and self-concept
… with the philosophy of Challenged education on social skill and self concept development. The participants were sixth grade students from two different classrooms in a rural midwestern school district. One class was the control and the other the experimental group.During a nine week intervention …
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An Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training and In Situ Training for Teaching Caregivers How to Support Social Skill Development in Their Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have social skill deficits and benefit from training that programs for skill generalization and maintenance, components that are often lacking in practice. Although caregivers are well suited to promote generalization and maintenance of child skills in …
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Secondary Intervention for Students At Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Within a Positive Behavior Support Model
… foundation. This study combines mentoring and social skill training within a positive behavior support framework. Targeting a fourth-grade, Latino student at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders, this single-subject study looks at his ability to master a specific social skill. The mentor …
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Exploring Autistic Individuals’ Perspectives of Social Skills Interventions
… demonstrate marked deficits in reciprocal social communication and a pervasive pattern of restricted and repetitive behaviors or interests (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2022, p. 57). Over the past few decades, behavioral interventions such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) are …
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Social Skills and Problem Behavior Assessment of General and Special Education Vocational Students
… was to analyze students' specific ITP-related social skills goals, student self-reported social skills, and the relationship between teacher and employer ratings of vocational students social skills and problem behaviors. This study examined (48) vocational students, (24) general education …
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Using video modeling to teach complex play sequences to children with autism.
Overcoming social skill deficits in children with autism is a challenge faced by educators and caregivers. Video modeling is a method of training that can promote generalization. This study extends the literature by investigating effects of video modeling on repetitive motor and vocal responses and …
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Qualitative Study of Kindergarten School Readiness and Personal and Social Development
… kindergarten without the necessary personal and social skills they need to be successful in kindergarten was explored in this qualitative study. How this phenomenon impacts the school setting, including administrative support systems and classroom instructional practices implemented by …
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Self-efficacy, efficacy appraisal and social skills in children
… to the current literature, dysfunctional social behavior in children is purported to be strongly related to adult behavior problems. Hersen and Bellack (1977) reported that deficits in children's social skills are generally the result of "a deficient learning history, wherein the necessary …
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Music and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Potential Autonomic Mechanisms of Social Attention Improvement
… 2009). Although children with ASD struggle with social interactions, quantitative meta-analyses have revealed that traditional social skill interventions only produce minimal effects (Bellini, Peters, Benner, & Hopf, 2007). Due to these minimal effects, this study diverged from the common …
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Sociometric Status and Sequences of Peer Interaction Among Elementary-School Children
… and peer interaction is incomplete. Neither social skill training research nor correlational studies have resolved problems of behavioral content and coding methods for characterizing interactive behavior relevant to social stat
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Increasing social relationships among kindergartners using peer reporting
<p>This study focused on increasing the social relationships of kindergarten students using peer reporting. This method encouraged children to use social skills on the playground. In addition, the students were encouraged to report the observed use of social skills to be recognized by their …
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Behavioral assessment of interpersonal skill among Type A and B college students
… expression as well as general conversational skill among Type As and Bs in representative situations. Type As and Bs were also classified based on degree of self-reported anger with skill differences examined among these four groups as well. Behavioral assessment occurred during challenging …
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Engagement during animal-assisted therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders
… of engagement for children with ASD during social skills lessons. This study’s research questions concerned whether observed levels of engagement would increase as compared to off task behaviors, whether parents would observe functional social skill improvements, and whether parents would …
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The Impact of Video Modeling Combined with Skillstreaming Teaching Procedures on the Social Interaction Skills of Middle School Aged Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
… of an intervention package that combined Skillstreaming procedures for the development of social skills with the use of video modeling for middle school students identified with ASD. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to determine if the video modeling intervention package has an …
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Hubungan antara keterampilan sosial dengan penerimaan teman sebaya pada siswa kelas VII di MTs Muhammadiyah I Malang
… into adulthood. The development of adolescent social life was also marked by symptoms of increasing peer influence in their lives. Juveniles have a strong need to be liked and accepted peers or group. They need the social skill to be able to establish the positive relationship with peers and …
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Evaluation of Student Progress to Goals: Tracking Positive Behavior Changes Among Students Identified with Special Needs Grades 1 to 3
… behavior intervention services because they lack socially appropriate interaction skills.</p> <p>The research literature revealed that students who lack appropriate social interaction skills are often placed into mainstream general class settings, where results of student improvement in social …
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