T. Gumpel, SOCIAL COMPETENCE AND SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION - AN EXPANSION OF A BEHAVIORAL PARADIGM, Education and training in mental retardation and developmental disabilities, 29(3), 1994, pp. 194-201
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48
Journal title
Education and training in mental retardation and developmental disabilities
The imperative for a reformulation of social skills training theory fo
r adults with mental retardation is discussed. Current practices in so
cial skills training for persons with mental retardation are summarize
d along with potential reasons for their concomitant lack of maintenan
ce and generalization of treatment gains. In order to better understan
d the process of social skills acquisition, the concept of social comp
etence must be redefined. A cognitive-behavioral definition and model
of social competence and social skills is described which attempts to
unify traditional social learning concepts with more recent advances i
n research and practice with persons with cognitive deficits, along wi
th a focus on its utility in the training of social skills among perso
ns with mental retardation.