Carrie Masia Warner, Daniela Colognori, Chelsea Lynch
Social anxiety disorder causes significant distress and academic impairment for many adolescents. This unique book gives front-line school professionals innovative, easy-to-use tools for identifying and intervening with socially anxious students in grades 6-12. It presents Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS), a school-based intervention with demonstrated effectiveness. Case examples and sample scripts demonstrate how to implement psycho-education, cognitive strategies, social skills training, exposure, and relapse prevention with groups and individual students.
In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book includes 22 reproducible handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
I. Recognizing and Addressing Social Anxiety at School
II. Promoting Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS)
III. Supplementary Strategies
IV. Other Practical and Clinical Considerations