Never before have more children lived away from their home countries. Given the unique social, emotional, and academic needs of children who have migrated, school psychologists must be well prepared to meet these growing demands. Consequently, school psychology training programs must invest in the preparation of culturally competent future school…

This article makes the case for a different approach to the professional development of teachers and school leaders called personal, professional coaching (PPC). Personal, professional coaching is grounded in reflective practices that cultivate self-awareness, emotion management, social awareness, and relationship management. Findings from two…

Purpose - This research project has investigated the "Company Programme" of the charity YE and how effective it is at increasing Life Skills in young people. Data has been obtained using student questionnaires and teacher interviews. Previous studies have been completed on "Life Skills" and "Enterprise Programmes",…

This article examines the Kentucky Initiative for Social Skill and Emotional Development which provides annual training and technical assistance to build early childhood programs' capacity to deliver practices known to promote social and emotional competency. The initiative is based on the 3-tiered Positive Behavior Support model that teaches…

Many professional staff training programs are designed to improve the interpersonal competence of the participants. This article presents a step-by-step description of a role-play test designed to evaluate both the effectiveness of such programs and the improvement in the skills of participants. (Author)

Describes a training program for residence hall custodial and maintenance supervisors and staff which combines human relations and technical skills. The sessions dealt with communication skills, leadership strategies, performance appraisal, self-understanding, advancement, and fringe benefits. (JAC)

The experimental treatment administered in this study was the training of teachers to utilize interpersonal skills in the classroom. The training process consisted of three elements: (1) development of skills in the measurement of one's own teaching behavior, (2) individual feedback of the analysis of instruction samples provided by each teacher…

Social Competence Training (SCT) is a composite, voluntary program of instruction and group treatment initiated at the California Correctional Institution to work out individual problems of inmates as well as moderating the overall social situation at the institution. (Author)

Negotiation skills are essential in everyday life, whether in a professional or personal context. Negotiation enables two parties to address misunderstandings and avoid conflicts through an exchange that depends as much on the interpersonal skills of the negotiators as the tactics employed. Acquiring these skills requires not only sound conceptual…

Presents a format for conducting effective training workshops using socioprocess groups as the specific training modality. The inservice program for juvenile court workers was designed to develop awareness of the basic principles of interpersonal relationships and to develop skills in using them. (JAC)

Describes an approach to leadership development which is particularly supportive of the needs of adolescents and reflective of a democratic style of leadership. It is an outgrowth of the High/Scope Summer Workshop for Teenagers, which helped young people acquire leadership skills through group membership and cooperation. (Author)

A behavioral program to train elderly nursing home patients (N=25) in interpersonal skills was systematically developed and evaluated. On a behavioral measure of responses to situations that had been included in training, the Skill Training program was superior to the control conditions. However, learning failed to generalize to novel situations.…

Describes a two-stage project for upgrading practitioners' interpersonal skills in a statewide service delivery system. Involved selection and training of trainers and teaching service providers a model for helping that described the skills, goals, and process for facilitating client action. Provides a brief summary of workshop evaluation data.…

Using the Lazarus model, the author presents a reappraisal strategy to help students cope with inadequate, stressful social interactions. Identification of the unsatisfactory situation, generation of alternative interpretations and behaviors, cognitive rehearsal, and new response implementation are described. (Author/HLM)

Although it is difficult to categorically recommend the use of relaxation with children, preliminary investigations support its viability. Due to the widespread effects of tension, relaxation may be prescribed for children with many types of learning and emotional needs. It may be applied in individual and group developmental counseling. (Author)