Social Skills Across the Life Span
Theory, Assessment, and Intervention

Assesses how to improve social skills for children and adults across the lifespan

Douglas W. Nangle (Edited by), Cynthia A. Erdley (Edited by), Rebecca Schwartz-Mette (Edited by)

9780128177525, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 20 May 2020

368 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.59 kg

Social skills are critical to psychological adjustment across the lifespan. These skills are necessary for attaining a variety of important social, emotional, and interpersonal goals. Social skill definits and resulting negative social interactions are associated with a wide variety of adjustment problems and psychological disorders. Social Skills across the Life Span: Theory is a comprehensive social skills volume providing in-depth coverage of theory, assessment, and intervention. Divided into three major sections, the volume begins with the definition of social competence, developmental factors, and relations to adjustment. This is followed by coverage of general assessment and intervention issues across the lifespan. In the third section, program developers describe specific evidence-based interventions.

Part I: Theory 1. Defining Social Skills Rachel L. Grover, Douglas W. Nangle, Michelle Buffie, and laura A. Andrews 2. Developing Social Skills Julie Newman Kingery, Cynthia A. Erdley, and Emily Scarpulla 3. Linking Social Skills and Adjustment Kimberly E. Kamper-DeMarco, Jessica Shankman, Eliot Fearey, Hannah R. Lawrence, and Rebecca A. Schwartz-Mette Part II: Assessment and Intervention 4. Assessing Youth Cynthia A. Erdley and Melissa S. Jankowski 5. Assessing Adults Sarah Fischer, Peter J. Norton, William Spaulding, and James A. Courtney 6. Intervening with Youth Laura A. Andrews, Rachel L. Grover, Michelle L. Buffie, and Douglas W. Nangle 7. Intervening with Adults Samantha J. Gregus, Elissa R. Failes, Elizabeth Ramirez, Raegan Harrington, Phoebe Welcome, and Rebecca A. Schwartz-Mette Part III: Social Skills Interventions Section A: Children and Adolescents 8. Play Skills for Shy Preschoolers: A Social Skills Training and Facilitated Play (SST-FP) Early Intervention Program Robert J. Coplan 9. The Fast Track Friendship Group Program Karen L. Bierman 10. The PATHS Curriculum: Thirty-Five Years and Counting Carol A. Kusché 11. Superheroes Social Skills Keith C. Radley and Kate A. Helbig 12. School-Based Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder Samantha Coyle, Farah Mahmud, Cody Weeks, and Carrie Masia Warner 13. The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) Emily Moulton and Elizabeth Laugeson Section B: Adults 14. Emotional and Social Competence (ESC) for Adults: Keys for Health, Happiness, and Success Carol A. Kusché, Anna-Lisa Mackey, and Julian B.R. Kusché 15. Charisma™: A virtual Reality Training to Promote Social BrainHealth in Adults Tandra T. Allen, Lara Ashmore, Shelly Gordon, Aaron Tate,Lori G. Cook, and Sandra Bond Chapman 16. PREP4Work: A Social Skills Intervention to Prepare Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities to Access the Workplace Jennifer Holloway, Helena Lydon, and Edith Walsh 17. Social Skills Training for Persons with Schizophrenia Julia Browne, Kim T. Mueser, and Sarah I. Pratt

Subject Areas: Cognitive behavioural therapy [MMJT1], Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychology [JM]