Author's Key Ideas on the article

“Social Skills Training for Adults:

10 Best Activities”
Student: Khimelden Aruzhan
Group name: CS-2001
Teacher: Nursulu Belessova
Goal
Table of contents
01 Introduction
An explanation of social skills training
for adults, as well as provide what the
author indicated social skills coaching,
indicate the top 2 classes.
03 Tips & tricks
Share 4 informative videos and podcasts,
as well as the author's tips of useful tools
at PositivePsychology.com.
02 Features
Talk about role-playing exercises, or
rather indicate what the author said 4
scenarios and examples of well and 2
best resources and worksheets.
04 Conclusion
To summarize and tell what we have
taken into account from the whole
article.
 01
Introduction
• What social skills problems in
adulthood do you know?
• Have you experienced them?
• Have you ever heard of them?
Introduction
If you thought only children were struggling with
social skills tropes, you are sorely mistaken. Adults
can also struggle with social skills, leading to anxiety
and even serious phobias. According to Tiffany Sauber
Millacci, "Providing social skills training to clients
with anxiety, fear of public speaking, and similar
issues could ensure more optimal functioning" (2021).
In this article, the author gave us strategies and
training options for developing various social skills.
He also pointed out useful resources and handy
examples from life that could help us overcome this
problem and come to a convenient way out of the
situation for the elder in social skills.
 Social skills training
for adults: an
explanation
Learning social skills involves
educational interventions and teaching
strategies that help an individual
improve upon and understand social
skills behaviors.
The goal of social skills training is to
teach people about verbal and nonverbal
behaviors that are involved in typical
social interactions (“Social,” n.d.).
Understanding
Social Skills
Training for Adults
Human therapists involved in social skills education
first focus on breaking down the more complicated
social behaviors into their smaller pieces. They then
design an individualized program for patients,
depending on what social skills they need to work on,
and gradually expose patients to these behaviors,
building their confidence through a gradual
intervention.
 9 Questions to ask your clients

Before beginning social skills training or

sessions, the therapist and client should
determine what areas need help by asking
the questions below:

And as well, clients can also ask

themselves a few questions to determine if
social skills therapy is appropriate for
them, as indicated by the guide:
 Social skills coaching: 2 best lessons

It is estimated that adults make eye contact 30–60% of the time in general conversation, increasing to 60–70% of the time when trying to
form a more intimate relationship (Cognitive Development Learning Centre, 2019).

1. The Strategies for Maintaining Eye Contact offers some practical tips and strategies for making eye contact. Link:
https://positive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Strategies-for-Maintaining-Eye-Contact.pdf

2. And this article, as the author assures us, shows exactly what is permissible when eye contact is made as well as what behavior to
avoid. Link: https://positive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Dos-and-Donts-When-Making-Eye-Contact-A-Pocket-Guide.pdf
Role-Playing Exercises: 4 Scripts &
Examples
In this article, according to the author, he
escorts participants through each step of the
ARE process. Link:
https://positive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2
021/05/Starting-a-Conversation-The-ARE-Meth
od.pdf
The one that follows has an outline of
conversation ideas to help start any kind of
conversation, no matter what the environment.
Link:
https://positive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2
021/05/A-Guide-to-Small-Talk-Conversation-St
arters-and-Replies.pdf
This one promotes assistive communication and
provides clients with the reassurance they need
about establishing personal boundaries. Link:
https://positive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2
021/05/Different-Ways-to-Say-%E2%80%98No
-Politely.pdf
As the author says, this article operates on the
same principle and gives confidence in setting
individual limits. Link:
https://positive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2
021/05/Using-%E2%80%98I-Statements-in-Co
nversation.pdf
4 Insightful Videos & Podcasts

An introvert’s 10 Ways to have Podcast: How Podcast: Social

guide to social a better Can I Say This – Skills Coaching
freedom – conversation – Beth Buelow – Patrick King
Kaspars Celeste Headlee
Breidaks
PositivePsychology.co
m’s Helpful Tools
In fact, "The client workbook has several exercises that
practitioners can give their clients to develop an awareness of
their emotions and, subsequently, understand how those
emotions might contribute to interactions with others"(2021).
With this knowledge, one can analyze relationships before
spending even more time and investment that may not
contribute to positive emotions. These and other useful works
the author has pointed out in his article that you can take a look
at them and find useful things for yourself if you need to!
I believe you learn
social skills by mixing
with people.
Conclusion
Enhancing social skills is an essential skill for anyone
trying to make vocational as well as face-to-face
relationships. Occasionally, however, some clients may
not even recognize though they require focused
intervention to improve their social skills, so they may
see a general practitioner with other problems related to
anxiety that arise in novel encounters. And the author has
pointed out so many useful resources and tips in his
article, following which you will find useful and valuable,
well, a way out of this problem, if you have it.
 References
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Cognitive Development Learning Centre. (2019). Training eye contact in communication. Retrieved May 4,
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Fleming, C. (2013). It’s the way you say it: Becoming articulate, well-spoken and clear (2nd ed.). Berrett-
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Lancia, G., PhD. (2022, December 17). Social Skills Training for Adults: 10 Best Activities.

PositivePsychology.com. https://positivepsychology.com/social-skills-training/
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