This longitudinal study examined the relation between stable sociometric status among same-gender classmates at age 10-11 and peer situation and social adjustment at age 15. Rejected, popular, and average groups of both genders (N = 90) were selected from a representative school sample. Rejected boys and girls preserved their low position among…

This paper describes Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS), a cognitive-behavioral, school-based intervention for adolescents with social anxiety disorder. Clinic-based treatment studies for socially anxious youth are reviewed, and a strong rationale for transporting empirically-based interventions into schools, such as SASS, is provided.…

Being gay or lesbian has been associated with many risk factors for youth, including the risk of rejection by family and peers. A limited study concerning gay youth at play and the significance of play in identity development of gay youth is reported here. The report has two purposes: to describe the social activities at a gathering specifically…

Interventions for adolescent substance abuse currently include social skills training components despite the fact that the nature and extent of social skills problems among adolescents who abuse substances has yet to be documented in the research. In the current investigation, 95 adolescents who were in treatment for substance abuse were compared…

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NEWARK STATE SCHOOL ARE CLASSIFIED AND RELATED TO SUBJECT AREAS IN A PREFACE TO TWO SEPARATE CURRICULUM OUTLINES FOR SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ADJUSTMENT. FOR EACH UNIT, SUGGESTED TEACHING CONTENT IS CORRELATED WITH GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES CATEGORIZED FOR EACH AGE LEVEL--PREPRIMARY (5-8 YEARS), PRIMARY (9-12),…

Assessment procedures and psychometric properties of an instrument used to measure psychological well-being in black adolescents are described. The How I Feel test, presented in an audiovisual format, reliably and validly measures several multi-item constructs representing psychological well-being. Two major components are self esteem and…

Six social skills curricula for elementary or secondary level behavior disordered students are described: "The ACCEPTS (A Curriculum for Children's Effective Peer and Teacher Skills) Social Skills Curriculum,""Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child,""Skillstreaming the Adolescent,""Getting Along with Others,""Social Skills Curriculum," and…

Discusses the work of a team of medical professionals and social workers who help New York City adolescents cope with the social and emotional aspects of major epileptic seizures. In addition to medical attempts to control seizures, support is achieved through contact with schools, parents, and vocational counselors. (HS)

Described are the effects of using experiential methods, or sensory experience, in a summer group therapy program with seven blind adolescents. The group therapy objective is increased personal and social adjustment by the blind students. (CB)

Describes a peer counseling program for teenage boys at a social adjustment center. After receiving peer facilitor training the boys acted as counselors for students at an elementary school. Results indicated that training was an effective treatment, resulting in better self-concept and social relationships. (JAC)

Issues relevant to the school-to-community transition of deaf adolescents were identified and subsequently prioritized by 339 deafness professionals. Issues receiving highest priority were related to joint planning efforts among schools, departments of vocational rehabilitation, and families; training of independent living skills; and development…