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Group Social Skills Training for Young Children in a Clinical Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Maria Callias ,
Stephen Frosh  and
Susan Michie
Maria Callias
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
Stephen Frosh
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, University of London
Susan Michie
Affiliation:
Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London
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Abstract

Peer interaction problems are often difficult to ameliorate in a clinical setting. In this study, four boys, whose many problems included difficulties with peer relationships, were given social skills training in a group over ten sessions. The main aim was to improve cooperative play, effective communication and conflict resolution skills by using a general problem-solving framework combining behavioural and cognitive techniques. The formal measures failed to show change, which may be due in part to inadequacies in the measures. Reports from therapists, teachers and parents suggested that there was considerable change within sessions, some improvement at school but very little at home.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 367 - 380
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1987

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