Skillstreaming the Adolescent: New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills - Softcover

Arnold P. Goldstein; Ellen McGinnis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087822369X ISBN 13: 9780878223695

Publisher: Research Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book is for use with middle and high school students. It shows how to teach 50 prosocial skills such as expressing feelings, apologizing, setting a goal, starting a conversation, and responding to failure. Skills are divided into six areas: Beginning Social Skills, Advanced Social Skills, Dealing with Feelings, Alternatives to Aggression, Dealing with Stress, and Planning Skills.

About this title

About the Author:

Arnold P. Goldstein, Ph.D. (1933-2002), was Professor of Psychology and Education at Syracuse University as well as Founder and Director of the Syracuse University Center for Research on Aggression. He authored over 60 books and more than 100 articles on aggression, prosocial skills training, and juvenile delinquency. He also served as Director of the New York State Task Force on Juvenile Gangs. Dr. Goldstein received many prestigious awards including the Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association's Commitee on Children, Youth, and Families; and the Senior Scientist Award from APA's School Psychology Division.

Ellen McGinnis, Ph.D., has experience as an educator in public schools at both elementary and secondary levels. She has been an educational consultant to public and hospital schools and was Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Dr. McGinnis also served with the Des Moines Public Schools as the director of special education and principal at Orchard Place, a residential and day treatment center for children and adolescents with emotional and behavior disorders. She is currently Executive Director of Student Support Services for the Adams 12 school district in Thornton, Colorado. Dr. McGinnis has written a number of books and numerous articles on identifying and treating youth with emotional and behavior disorders.

Review:

Taking a slice of life and breaking it into its component parts teaches the learners to similarly analyze other situations they encounter. This ability to identify, sort, sequence, and respond enhances students' abilities to learn from experiences, to cope with whatever life throws at them. --Linda E. Albrecht, Journal of Correctional Education

Skillstreaming the Adolescent provides a crisp, concise description of a psychoeducational intervention strategy for young people manifesting withdrawn, aggressive, or immature behavior. --Harold D. Grotevant, Contemporary Psychology

If you are working with adolescents who are struggling with developing healthy social skills, this book may be for you. In Skillstreaming the Adolescent, Goldstein and McGinnis have developed an excellent revised resource book of substance and style toward helping adolescents in and out of school settings. The book's focus is a practical, real life-skills curriculum devoted to helping older middle level and high school youth with a variety of skills ranging from very basic to advanced levels. --Topper Steinman, AIMS Newsletter, Association of Illinois Middle Schools

About this edition

• Publisher: Research Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 087822369X
• ISBN 13: 9780878223695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336