social skills training
Learning people abilities
Social skills training is a structured approach to teaching interpersonal abilities—making eye contact, starting conversations, reading social cues, responding appropriately to others.
Often used in therapy for people with autism, social anxiety, or other conditions that make everyday interactions difficult: The program includes social skills training for adolescents on the spectrum.
- perspective-takingUnderstanding another's viewpoint
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- empathySharing another's emotions
- reading the roomPerceiving social cues accurately
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
emotional intelligence · communication · feedback · shaping · assertiveness · neurodiversity · conflict resolution · reinforcement · turn-taking · classroom interactions · behavioral therapy · modeling · generalization · role-playing · body language · cues · active listening · small talk
- social skillsconversation, sharing, helping, listening, manners
- social serviceswelfare office, case workers, child protective services, counseling, SNAP benefits
- support servicestherapy, counseling, tutoring, mentoring, coaching
- Autism SupportABA, speech therapy, occupational therapy, special education, IEP
- child therapyplay therapy, child psychiatry, child therapy, child counseling, child therapist
- special educationspecial education, special ed, special needs, IEP, IEPs
social skills trainingtrial and error
Learning through repeated attempts
social skills trainingsocial isolation
Lack of human contact
social withdrawal · antisocial behavior · reclusiveness · hermitage · misanthropy
social skills trainingcon artistry
Skilled fraudulent manipulation