Social Skills
Course Rationale
This course concentrates on the basics of what
social skills development involves within certain offender/mental
health groups. Often deficits in social skills/social interaction
skills lead to difficulties in the lives of the individuals we
work with. This event explores how these deficits can be addressed
to provide a platform for those who have either not had sufficient
learning opportunities to acquire appropriate social skills and/or
those who have been exposed to inadequate or inappropriate social-skills
modelling in early life. The acquisition of social skills is seen
as another tool for individuals to equip themselves with in order
to assist them take a more productive and pro-social approach in
their daily lives.
Course Design
This course provides a theoretical background to
social skills development and an opportunity to practice with techniques
of social skills development. The content on this event builds
on the premise that although there is clearly a central behavioural
aspect to social skills development, this needs to be underpinned
by an appropriate focus on the cognitions that support effective
use of pro-social skills.
A variety of practice examples are provided during this event
from specific target populations including working with offending
behaviour. Opportunity is also provided for staff to target their
own practice examples and using a system of review, modelling and
practice, explore how these skills could be developed further within
their own practice populations.
Course Availability
This course is applicable across the range of social care settings.
Staff from a wide variety of agencies would benefit from examining
the concepts and skills developed on this course. Settings could
include Health Service/Probation/Social Services/Voluntary Sector/Housing.
We can also tailor events to other populations as requested.
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Please note that work with social
skills development is also incorporated across a range of our
programmised interventions focused on such areas as problematic
substance misuse (ASRO), working with difficulties around alcohol
and violence (COVAID), and generic problem solving interventions
(Think First). We also provide training on semi-structured
problem solving interventions (Stop and Think) that also allow
for development work in the arena of social skills. Please
follow links for further information.
Please note also that development
of social skills is also incorporated into some of our more
programmised interventions.
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