Social Skills Training for Adolescent Youth: Measurement of Skill Acquisition
Abstract This study evaluated the effectiveness of a classroom based training in teaching social skills to four adolescent females between the ages of 13–17 years old and residing in foster care. The training took place over a three week period, one night a week, for three hours at a time and utiliz...
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Scholar Commons
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4103 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5299&context=etd |
| Summary: | Abstract
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a classroom based training in teaching social skills to four adolescent females between the ages of 13–17 years old and residing in foster care. The training took place over a three week period, one night a week, for three hours at a time and utilized a Behavioral Skills Training format. The assessments were conducted via role play scenarios; pre- and posttraining. The results show each participant demonstrated an overall increase in skills from pretraining to posttraining indicating that youth in foster care were capable of learning the skills taught. |
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