Effectiveness of a Social Skills Training Program Using Self/Other Perspective-Taking: A Nine-Month Follow-Up

Grizenko, Natalie M.D., FRCPC
Zappitelli, Michael M.D.
Langevin, Jean-Philippe
Hrychko, Sophie M.D., FRCPC
El-Messidi, Amira
Kaminester, David M.D.
Pawliuk, Nicole M.A.
Stepanian, Marina Ter B.A.

¹McGill University, Montreal (Grizenko, Zappitelli, Langevin, El-Messidi); University of Ottawa and Children's Hospital of Eastern Canada (Hrychko); University of Massachusetts, Worcester (Kaminester); and Douglas Hospital, Verdun, Que. (Grizenko, Pawlink, Ter Stepanian).

Research was supported by a grant from the Roaster Foundation.

Natalie Grizenko, M.D., Douglas Hospital, Lyall Pavilion, 6875 Lasalle Boulevard, Verdun, Quebec, Canada, H4H 1R3.

Received July 1999

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 70(4):p 501-509, October 2000. | DOI: 10.1037/h0087662

Using a pre/posttest design, with a nine-month follow-up, a new, “modified” social skills training program, which incorporates the concept of'self/other perspective-taking, was evaluated and compared to a traditional social skills program in a sample of 36 children. Students in the modified group showed more short- and long-term improvement in behavior than did those in the traditional social skills training group. Implications for practice and research are discussed.