Performance objectives related to occupational, social, communication, and daily living skills are specified for educable mentally handicapped students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Each skill area is broken down into four to seven component parts, such as job readiness, home and family, social studies, and health habits. In turn, each…

Several sets of evidence are offered to support the hypothesis that cognitive and social development are intimately interrelated, and that mother-infant interaction influences both. A mother's prompt responsiveness to her baby's signals tends to foster the development of varied and clear modes of communication and thus the development of one facet…

Fifty-six sailors individually participated in a lengthy interaction session, ostensibly with another sailor (an experimenter confederate). They were subjected to one of four reward/cost expectancies (Continuous Positive, Later Positive, Continuous Negative, and Later Negative). Social penetration processes studied were average time talked,…

This guide to affective social skill development discusses these points: (1) The targets of our efforts are first of all teachers, then the peer group, and finally individuals, (2) Systematic training of teachers, both in the cognitive and experimental basis of human relationships, is a necessary prerequisite to the implementation and development…

Enhancing practitioner competence in the delivery of direct services continues to be a prime concern of social work practitioners and educators alike. This document contains 11 articles that pertain to teaching direct intervention theories and skills. Joseph D. Anderson writes on games social work educators' play in teaching practice theories;…

An assertiveness training program was adapted for elementary school children. Five girls were trained to overcome their passiveness. An evaluation of their behavior before and after the training showed a significant increase in their assertive behavior due to the training. (SE)

Persons intimately associated with educational programs value programs that are personalized, individualized, and humanized, but being humanistic does not just happen. The article focuses on techniques by which teachers can improve the communication process: attending to students, implementing open-ended questions, and helping students express…

The article presents the rationale and structure for a functional curriculum sequencing model for teaching the severely handicapped. (Author/DLS)

In project training methods for managers, the training project is crucial, but it is merely a means to an end, the key element being the learning arenas for management processes. A British consultant describes these processes as consultancy, organizational change, and interpersonal. (MF)

This research attempted to develop a job skills training package suited to the needs of offenders and to document its utility by using a research design that remedies some of the inadequacies often found in skill training research. (Author/RK)

This article (1) defines the term "life skills"; (2) describes the skills that comprise life skills; (3) explicates the structure and process of the life skills curriculum; and (4) provides a sample lesson plan. (Author)

Discusses three similarities between the teaching and counseling of adults: sharing meta goals, employing a common process of interpersonal help, and requiring the effective use of certain helping skills. Concludes that helping skill training should be included in programs designed to prepare the professional adult educator. (EM)

A series of activities to help junior high school students build a conceptual model of communication. Through games and reading selections, students become familiar with dialect and jargon; consider the thesis that language is behavior; and understand how easy it is to fail to communicate with other people. (Author/AV)

Activities to increase student awareness of problems related to learning to communicate with others. Students develop profiles of their classmates and role play scenes from their partners' daily lives. (Author/AV)

A lesson involving a housing project location game develops students' skills in analysis, decision making, and oral and written communication. (Author/AV)