Remedying social skills deficits in a chronic schizophrenic-retarded person

Abstract

A 29.8 year old femalc, diagnosed chronic schizophrenic, residual type, with an additional diagnosis of mild-moderate retardation, received social skills training (SST). Video-taped role-play assessments showed change occurred following SST, while a multiple-baseline design demonstrated functional control over the behaviours. Gains were maintained at follow-ups, while treatment effects generalised from training to generalisation and novel role-play scenes and this applied to both single- and multiple-response scenes. Social validation procedures further supported the efficacy of the programme. © 1983, Routledge. All rights reserved.