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Download full textPracana, Clara, Ed.; Silva, Liliana, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2013, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 26 to 28 of April. Our efforts and active engagement can now be rewarded with these three days of exciting new developments about what we are passionate about: Psychology and its connections. We take pride…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychoeducational Methods, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
Orkin, Wendie – 1996
There is a widespread problem with schools having the ability to turn out young people equipped with skills needed to properly function in society. This report describes a program for increasing skills necessary for learning and for living such as cooperation, perseverance, problem solving, and friendship. The targeted population was elementary…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Cooperation, Curriculum Development
Buley, Jerry L. – 1979
Designed to facilitate increased communication competencies of partners in two-person, relatively long-term relationships, the Communicating as a Couple workshop was developed and tested to provide knowledge of specific and useful competencies, along with a rationale, a supportive environment, feedback, and motivation. The four 90-minute exercise…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Counseling Services
Ivey, Allen E. – Canadian Counsellor, 1977
The psychoeducational movement is a new challenge to professional helpers. Helpers are now engaged in teaching skills. What is to be the relationship of these new duties to individual counselling? Toward what direction should these activities focus? This article presents "cultural expertise" as a goal for both counselling and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Role, Daily Living Skills
The Language and Communication Content of FE Courses for Students with Severe Learning Difficulties.
Peer reviewedRoulstone, Sue – British Journal of Special Education, 1989
Nine British Further Education colleges serving individuals with severe learning difficulties were surveyed concerning design and content of language curricula, teaching methods, and assessment. The courses offered aimed to improve communication skills, students' independence, and social competence. Further work is recommended to link these aims…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedScheetz, Nanci A. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1993
Discusses deficits in social development and communication skills among hearing-impaired persons. Proposes a model of life-skills training for hearing-impaired first-year college students that encompasses access and use of student support services, mastery of daily living skills, and enhancement of self-concept and social skills. Describes…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Hearing Impairments
Direct linkBuckley, Sue; Bird, Gillian; Sacks, Ben – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
This paper discusses the evidence that the specific developmental profile frequently described as being associated with Down syndrome--a profile of communication weaknesses relative to social and daily living skills--can be changed. It is not an inevitable outcome of having Down syndrome. Drawing on data collected to explore the outcomes of fully…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Down Syndrome, Profiles, Daily Living Skills
Williams, Susan K.; Scahill, Lawrence; Vitiello, Benedetto; Aman, Michael G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; McDougle, Christopher J.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Ritz, Louise; Posey, David J.; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Hollway, Jill; Cronin, Pegeen; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Wheeler, Courtney; Cicchetti, Domenic; Sparrow, Sara – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To evaluate the impact of risperidone on adaptive behavior in children with autistic disorder who have serious behavior problems and to examine different methods of scoring the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales to measure change. Method: Forty-eight children (5 years to 16 years, 5 months) who showed behavioral improvement during acute…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Behavior Problems, Socialization, Autism
Riley, Anita Marcott; Whitted, Paula A. Farmer – 1990
This is the first of three books in a series providing a systematic training program of relevant daily living skills for individuals with moderate to severe mental impairment. Useful terms and expressions are taught through crossword puzzles, experience stories, picture sequencing, flip books, word closure and other exercises. This book covers…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Economics Skills
Riley, Anita Marcott; Whitted, Paula A. Farmer – 1990
This is the second of three books in a series providing a systematic training program of relevant daily living skills for individuals with moderate to severe mental impairment. Useful terms and expressions are taught through crossword puzzles, experience stories, picture sequencing, flip books, word closure and other exercises. This book covers…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Economics Skills
Riley, Anita Marcott; Whitted, Paula A. Farmer – 1990
This is the third of three books in a series providing a systematic training program of relevant daily living skills for individuals with moderate to severe mental impairment. Useful terms and expressions are taught through crossword puzzles, experience stories, picture sequencing, flip books, word closure and other exercises. This book covers…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Economics Skills
Wilbert, Karen M.; Albritton, Evelyn G. – 1986
The paper reviews normal communication skills in infants, young children, and adults from the perspective of barriers to communication interaction and implications for handicapped individuals. The communicative competence construct is described, noting the complex relationship between verbal and nonverbal behavior. Parental response to a child's…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Goodwin, Dawn Krali; And Others – 1983
The paper recounts the progress of a deaf blind boy in an interdisciplinary program featuring coordination, consistency, and commitment. Three staff members--a teacher of the hearing impaired, a vision consultant, and a paraprofessional--describe their role in educating the student. Aspects covered include the development of a specially adapted…
Descriptors: Braille, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
Miller, Geoffrey Clark – 1978
This document contains one of two assessment tools developed by Proect Proud Option, which developed and field-tested a set of student- and job-assessment instruments that provide a strategy for determining (1) the vocational skills required on a particular job; (2) the functional skill levels of a particular student; (3) a process to determine…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedMartin, James E.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1982
The article reviews research on training mentally retarded adults in the following community survival skills: travel training, money management, meal preparation, clothing and personal care, telephone skill, housekeeping, self-medication, leisure skills, social skills, and conversation. Results are said to indicate the value of behavioral…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills
