Introduction: Social skills are acquired primarily through imitation using the visual system. As a result, people with visual impairments may experience difficulties in this area at any age, which can have a major effect on their social participation and on their quality of life. The objective of this study was to systematically review the effects…

Among guidelines for use of assertive training with mildly handicapped adolescents are the following: all the elements of assertive behavior should be analyzed and taught; classroom strategies should stress a proper sequence of instruction; and specific assertive skills should be taught with ample time being allocated for practice. (SW)

Discusses U.S. and Australian research on adolescence and the factors affecting friendship. Compared with Australian students, American adolescents were found to prescribe more closeness and more assertiveness to same-sex friendships; those in private schools were more assertive and less close. Girls prescribed more closeness but had less…