Social Skills Training for a Withdrawn Child with Non-Attendance at School

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  • 不登校を伴う社会的引きこもり児に関する社会的スキル訓練
  • フトウコウ オ トモナウ シャカイテキ ヒキコモリジ ニ カンスル シャカ

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Social withdrawal is thought to be a common cause of non-attendance at school. Much attention has been paid to shaping going-to-school behavior. In treating non-attendance at school, little research, however, has focused on the withdrawn behavior. In the present study, social skills training was applied to a 7-year-old girl with social withdrawal and non-attendance at school. The training consisted of two stages; in each stage, the training procedure followed three steps: 1) behavior assessment carried out through analysis of interactions, 2) selection of target behaviors, and 3) social skills training, comprised of modeling, feedback, and shaping. In Stage 1, assertiveness was chosen as the target behavior. After training, the subject had acquired target behavior, and the frequency of her interactions had increased. But her social initiations were not sufficient to establish social chains. Then, in Stage 2, behavior of praising other children was chosen as her target. The results were that she acquired praising behavior and established social chains. In addition, her withdrawn behavior disappeared, and the problem of non-attendance at school improved as well.

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