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The Effects Of An Adolescent Social Skills Training Program On Adolescent Sex Offenders, Roger B. Graves May 1990

The Effects Of An Adolescent Social Skills Training Program On Adolescent Sex Offenders, Roger B. Graves

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The purpose of this research was to assess the efficacy of a 9-week social skills training (SST) program for improving the social competence of adolescent sex offenders. The study was conducted at an outpatient treatment center, Intermountain Sexual Abuse Treatment Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah. A pretest-posttest control group design was utilized and comparisons were made on a variety of self- and parent-report measures to examine treatment effects. The results indicate that the experimental group was able to acquire the specific SST behaviors to a far greater degree than expected by chance. However, evidence of increased social competence outside …


Facts And Feelings Series For Teens, Unknown Unknown Jan 1990

Facts And Feelings Series For Teens, Unknown Unknown

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Series developed for teens on how to deal with common issues that they face.


Facts And Feelings Series For Parents, Unknown Unknown Jan 1990

Facts And Feelings Series For Parents, Unknown Unknown

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Packet that gives instructions to parents about talking to teens about common issues they face.