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SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE By Julie Agresta & Alan S. Bellack & Susan Gingerich & Kim T. Mueser - Hardcover **BRAND NEW**.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGuilford Publications
ISBN-101572301775
ISBN-139781572301771
eBay Product ID (ePID)1115618
Product Key Features
Number of Pages340 Pages
Publication NameSocial Skills Training for Schizophrenia : a Step-By-Step Guide
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBehavioral Management, Psychopathology / Schizophrenia, Psychopathology / General, Clinical Psychology
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorNot Available
Subject AreaEducation, Psychology
SeriesTreatment Manuals for Practitioners Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight20.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-052826
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"...Provides the finest coverage on the subject of social skills training for patients with schizophrenia that I have seen. It is thorough, very carefully organized, and clinically sophisticated. It is rich in detailed instructions, examples, and explanations....The volume is complete and nothing else is required to set up a social skills training program. The curricular skill sheets in Part 2 are written for the patients as well as the staff....Clinicians involved in day hospitals and day treatment centers, hospitals, and mental health centers who treat schizophrenia should read Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia and place it in their facility libraries." --J Clin Psychiatry "This is a very well-written, practical book that systematically details information necessary for conducting social skills training for schizophrenic patients....The subtitle of the book, A Step by Step Guide, aptly describes the content....I highly recommend this book to all mental health professionals who treat individuals with schizophrenia. It might be especially valuable for psychiatrists who have not had the benefit of exposure to the behavior-oriented approach in their own training programs." --Psychiatric Times "Eminently practical." --Readings: A Jouranl of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, "Social Skills Training for Schizophreniais that all-too-rare example of a book which is both informed by rigorous research and inspired by clinical experience. The authors provide the most comprehensive manual to date for those practitioners interested in assessing and teaching social skills to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. In easy-to-understand terms, they have combined 30 years of social learning principles with very recent knowledge gathered from neurocognitive research to facilitate the successful implementation, application and maintenance of this critically important psychiatric rehabilitation modality. Of particular interest and value to practitioners who wish to learn the practical points of establishing social skills training groups, the authors describe how to motivate clients to participate, and how to organize the curricula and content of the training. Part II of the book has very specific 'lesson plans,' or goals for teaching a variety of skills that will be useful to persons with mental disorders such as schizophrenia; for example, getting a date and engaging in safe sex. The material of conversational skills can be used as an introduction to the more detailed and structured module for training Basic Conversation Skills that has been developed and validated by the UCLA Clinical Research Center for Schizophrenia & Psychiatric Rehabilitation. This book should serve as an effective tool in disseminating the technology of social skills training to a new generation of rehabilitation practitioners." --Alex Kopelowicz, MD, UCLA School of Medicine; Medical Director, San Fernando Mental Health Center; and Robert Paul Liberman, MD, UCLA School of Medicine "Social Skills Training for Schizophreniaby Bellack, Mueser, Gingerich, and Agresta, should be required reading for any professional, regardless of discipline, who works with individuals with schizophrenia. It is unique, clinically sophisticated, painstakingly data-based, and pragmatic. It is beautifully written, easy to follow and implement, and completely comprehensive. Nothing is left to chance, and all details are in place. It is a socially significant document, since it provides a means to improve the social functioning of schizophrenia clients in order to diminish the need for hospitalization. Indeed, the document is a message of hope. Given the two senior authors' long experience working with this most difficult-to-treat population, it is most apparent to this reader that they have been able to impart their hard-earned clinical secrets to the readership with consummate ease. I rarely have read a clearer or better text. My prediction is that this will become a classic in the field. As Johannes Brahms once said to Johann Strauss about one of his waltzes, 'I wish I had written it.'" --Michel Hersen, PhD, ABPP, Center for Psychological Studies, NOVA Southeastern University, "...Provides the finest coverage on the subject of social skills training for patients with schizophrenia that I have seen. It is thorough, very carefully organized, and clinically sophisticated. It is rich in detailed instructions, examples, and explanations....The volume is complete and nothing else is required to set up a social skills training program. The curricular skill sheets in Part 2 are written for the patients as well as the staff....Clinicians involved in day hospitals and day treatment centers, hospitals, and mental health centers who treat schizophrenia should readSocial Skills Training for Schizophreniaand place it in their facility libraries." --J Clin Psychiatry "This is a very well-written, practical book that systematically details information necessary for conducting social skills training for schizophrenic patients....The subtitle of the book,A Step by Step Guide, aptly describes the content....I highly recommend this book to all mental health professionals who treat individuals with schizophrenia. It might be especially valuable for psychiatrists who have not had the benefit of exposure to the behavior-oriented approach in their own training programs." --Psychiatric Times "Eminently practical." --Readings: A Jouranl of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, " Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia is that all-too-rare example of a book which is both informed by rigorous research and inspired by clinical experience. The authors provide the most comprehensive manual to date for those practitioners interested in assessing and teaching social skills to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. In easy-to-understand terms, they have combined 30 years of social learning principles with very recent knowledge gathered from neurocognitive research to facilitate the successful implementation, application and maintenance of this critically important psychiatric rehabilitation modality. Of particular interest and value to practitioners who wish to learn the practical points of establishing social skills training groups, the authors describe how to motivate clients to participate, and how to organize the curricula and content of the training. Part II of the book has very specific 'lesson plans,' or goals for teaching a variety of skills that will be useful to persons with mental disorders such as schizophrenia; for example, getting a date and engaging in safe sex. The material of conversational skills can be used as an introduction to the more detailed and structured module for training Basic Conversation Skills that has been developed and validated by the UCLA Clinical Research Center for Schizophrenia & Psychiatric Rehabilitation. This book should serve as an effective tool in disseminating the technology of social skills training to a new generation of rehabilitation practitioners." --Alex Kopelowicz, MD, UCLA School of Medicine; Medical Director, San Fernando Mental Health Center; and Robert Paul Liberman, MD, UCLA School of Medicine " Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia by Bellack, Mueser, Gingerich, and Agresta, should be required reading for any professional, regardless of discipline, who works with individuals with schizophrenia. It is unique, clinically sophisticated, painstakingly data-based, and pragmatic. It is beautifully written, easy to follow and implement, and completely comprehensive. Nothing is left to chance, and all details are in place. It is a socially significant document, since it provides a means to improve the social functioning of schizophrenia clients in order to diminish the need for hospitalization. Indeed, the document is a message of hope. Given the two senior authors' long experience working with this most difficult-to-treat population, it is most apparent to this reader that they have been able to impart their hard-earned clinical secrets to the readership with consummate ease. I rarely have read a clearer or better text. My prediction is that this will become a classic in the field. As Johannes Brahms once said to Johann Strauss about one of his waltzes, 'I wish I had written it.'" --Michel Hersen, PhD, ABPP, Center for Psychological Studies, NOVA Southeastern University
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal616.89/8203
Table Of ContentPart 1: Principles, Format, and Techniques for Social Skills Training of Clients with Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia and Social Skills. Social Skills Training as an Evidence-Based Practice. Assessment of Social Skills. Teaching Social Skills. Starting a Skills Group. Using Curricula for Social Skills Training Groups. Tailoring Skills for Individual Needs. Troubleshooting: Common Problems and Challenging Clients. Working with Clients Who Abuse Drugs and Alcohol. Reducing Relapse by Creating a Supportive Environment. Parting Tips for Social Skills Trainers. Part 2: Steps for Teaching Specific Social Skills: Curricular Skill Sheets. Appendix A: Materials Useful to Group Leaders. Appendix B: Materials Related to Assessment.
SynopsisDesigned to facilitate group work in a range of settings, this book presents an empirically tested format and ready-made curricula for teaching essential social skills to schizophrenia clients. Part I provides a detailed overview of principles and methods. Chapters take readers step-by-step through assessing existing skills, introducing new skills, and maintaining and consolidating gains. Troubleshooting tips are included for managing common problems with highly symptomatic and highly functioning clients, and the authors show how techniques can be tailored to meet clients' individual needs. Part II comprises 48 clearly written and up-to-date skill sheets. Each sheet--essentially a complete lesson plan in itself--explains the rationale for the specific skill at hand, breaks the skill down into three or four smaller steps, suggests role-play scenarios, and alerts clinicians to special considerations. Appendices include concise guidelines for orienting group leaders and members and conducting group sessions effectively, as well as sample assessment forms and other useful materials., This is a data-based pragmatic guide to the development of social skills for patients with schizophrenia and provides a means to improve the social functioning of schizophrenia clients in order to diminish the need for hospitalization., Designed to facilitate group work in a range of settings, this book presents an empirically tested format and ready-made curricula for teaching essential social skills to schizophrenia clients. Part one provides an overview of social training principles and methods. Chapters take the reader step-by-step through assessing existing skills, and maintaining and consolidating gains. Troubleshooting tips are included for managing common problems with highly symptomatic, highly-functioning and other cients, and the authors show how techniques can be tailored to meet client's individual needs. Part two compromises 48 skill sheets which are lesson plans in themselves that explain the rational of the skill at hand, breaks the skill down into three or four smaller steps, suggests role play scenarios, and alerts clinicians to special considerations.
LC Classification NumberRC514.S875 1997
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