Describes various complementary procedures for social skills training that are used in a day treatment program for emotionally disturbed adolescents. Describes: (1) procedures for dealing with peer conflict and disruptive behavior through the promotion of problem solving skills; and (2) procedures for teaching social skills within structured…

This paper describes the participants, treatment features and outcomes of a day treatment program for adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems, who had been formally adjudicated "dependent." Characteristics of the 133 adolescents served over a 5-year period are presented along with a chart of referral sources for each year of…