A Social Skills Training Program at Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children provides assessment of interpersonal skills of blind children and adolescents. The three- to four-week training program consists of instructions, modeling, roleplaying, manual guidance, feedback, and positive reinforcement. (SEW)

Suggests that using creative dramatics in the classroom reading program can benefit children by improving their reading skills and self-concepts while allowing them to enjoy school and reading. Explains how to create such a program. (FL)

Describes how role-playing is used to get high school students involved in the critical reading of novels like Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native." (RL)

Compared two analogue strategies--videotaped role-play and naturalistic scenes--for assessing children's social skills to determine if they would yield different response styles. Results indicated more behaviors occurred in the role-play strategy than in the naturalistic strategy, and judges assigned higher ratings of likability in the role-play…

Discusses culture shock and the need for a secure learning environment for ESL students in which they can test their observations about English and U.S. culture. Examines the use of role play for teaching the subtleties of appropriate social behavior and outlines an eight-step procedure for role play implementation. (EKN)

The open-ended scenario was developed to expand the role-playing technique by introducing new information into a predetermined situation so as to force decisions and alter the direction of the action. Suggests this method enables students to learn to make communication choices and develop verbal strategies consistent with own interaction styles.…

Examined ecological validity of role-played dating interactions. Male undergraduates participated in hetereosexual social situations, role plays simulating dating interactions and waiting-period interactions. Analyses of variance did not result in major differences between role plays and waiting periods. Relative ranking of subjects was similar in…

Reviewed are subjective and objective means of determining how to teach children to think and act humanely. The methodology and findings of a study about empathy resulting from students' role-playing animals is reported. (DC)

Notes the positive effects of using role playing in journalism classes to prepare reporters and advertising salespersons for their jobs. (RL)

Investigated the relationship between sex role orientations and performance in interpersonal situations. Males and females in each of four sex role categories role-played situations requiring the appropriate expression of assertiveness. Androgynous subjects were most effective in rated skills components while undifferentiated subjects were highly…

The Gestalt experiment is applicable to sex therapy. Familiarity with modes and methods of experimenting permits the therapist's creativity to emerge. Applications of sexual metaphors and sex dysfunction as a nightmare are presented, using methods drawn from Gestalt dream work. The use of Gestalt experiments are illustrated in a client-therapist…

Fifteen learning disabled secondary students participated in resource room activities that stressed completing employment applications, looking for employment ads in newspapers, and role playing a job interview. Seventy percent of the class found gainful employment without assistance from outside sources. (CL)

A sociodrama technique based on a nonfiction account of a teacher's experiences with cultural retardation significantly increased the knowledge and empathy level of 25 classroom teachers toward mildly mentally retarded students. (CL)

Six retarded adults were taught job application and interview skills, including introducing oneself, filling out a standard job application form, answering questions, and asking questions. A combination of instructions, modeling, role playing, and positive and corrective feedback was used across a multiple baseline experimental design. (Author)

Outlines a project in which elementary or secondary students plan and produce an imaginary television program. The activity is intended both to educate students about television and to improve their language skills. (SJL)