Assessment of Social Skills,Theoretical Considerations and the Social Skills Model for Paediatric Occupational Therapists

Abstract

Having looked at the ways in which physical, sensory and cognitive deficits may impede the acquisition of social skills in childhood, the article turns now to consider ways of helping. Methods of assessment are an important first step in social skills training, as in other forms of therapy. The article considers, too, the theoretical ideas which inform both treatment and research. Lastly, it touches on the question of selecting which skills to train, before describing the process of training.