Prevention in family services : approaches to family wellness / edited by David R. Mace.
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- [1983], ©1983
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: Prevention in family services : approaches to family wellness / edited by David R. Mace. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Ouerney, Guerney, and Sebes [221] Communication, Interpersonal Problem Solving, and Discipline The emphasis on actual acquisition of skills and their application to suitable situations through modeling, rehearsal, feedback, and generalization characterize interpersonal skills programs. Limited training in communication can be started at the preschool level and be continued in a variety of programs through high school. Children are trained to be self-expressive, appropriately assertive, and, at ages earlier than previously believed possible, to empathize with others and to communicate their understanding of others in effective ways. One of the most extensive interpersonal training programs to date is that developed by Spivack and Shure known as the Interpersonal- Cognitive-Problem-Solving Training Program (ICPS). Children are trained to deal with hypothetical and actual interpersonal problem situations involving classmates. Recent attempts to help students transfer such skills to sibling-parent interactions should make a real contribution to family wellness. Following pioneer work by Turner, Guerney and Merriam have successfully taught teachers to teach democratic procedures for solving interpersonal problems and establishing self-control and classroom discipline to children as young as six. The Pupil Relation¬ ship Enhancement Program (PREP) includes generic communication skills and interpersonal problem-solving skills that can be adapted to all school-age groups from elementary through college years and is readily generalized to family relationships. Programs based on modeling (e.g., Borgen and Rudner's work) and other behavior modification techniques take a different approach with the same goal of teaching youngsters how to cooperate with their peers and to control aggressive and impulsive behaviors. Here, too, transfer to the home situation would be a logical next step. Interpersonal Skills Training Programs with a Family Orientation The Life-Skills Training Program of Gazda, the Structured Learning Program of Goldstein, the Relationship Enhancement programs of Guerney, the Cincinnati Social Skills Development Program of Kirschenbaum, and the Life Skills for Health Programs of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b18037604_0224.JP2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
