Treating Youth with Dsm-IV Disorders: The Role of Social Skill Instruction [Paperback]

Michael Sterba (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1998

A straightforward, fresh perspective to improve a troubled child's therapeutic care by building on his or her strengths.

Treating Youth with DSM-IV Disorders unites the American Psychiatric Association's most widely used evaluation tool with Boys Town's proven social skills teaching philosophy. As a result, professional caregivers are shown how to expand their treatment options, enhance treatment progress, and enable youth to overcome their problems.

The books includes 43 commonly diagnosed disorders that affect children and adolescents, including attention deficit disorder and schizophrenia. Easy-to follow charts highlight the disorders separately and include detailed diagnostic criteria and a list of social skills that can be targeted during treatment. An indepth outline of the treatment planning process is included to illustrate the importance of focusing attention on children's actual problems.

Treating Youth with DSM-IV Disorders is an illuminating, unparalled resource for parents, caregivers, and mental health professionals. An excellent companion book to Teaching Social Skills to Youth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: Boys Town Press (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889322296
• ISBN-13: 978-1889322292
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,179,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing in form and content, March 7, 2003

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John Harpur (Trim, Meath, IRELAND) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Treating Youth with Dsm-IV Disorders: The Role of Social Skill Instruction (Paperback)

I was very disappointed with this book, especially since Teaching Basic Social Skills to Youth is an excellent companion volume. This book is quite lightweight by comparison.

Most of the DSM-IV disorders are covered. The diagnostic criteria for each disorder are listed on a one half of a page while the skills that need to be taught are listed opposite. Many of the skills are very general, e.g. anger management. To be fair specific skills are also suggested. A framework within which to situate the teaching is sketched at the end of the book.

The book is trying to cover a vast amount of ground, and in my opinion, the framework that is there isn't developed enough to ground some of the recommendations. There is a sense of 'trust us, these are the skills for disorder X'.

Peculiarly the book completely ignores autism, Asperger and PDD. No social skills programmes are suggested for these groups. They aren't even listed among the DSM-IV disorders covered in the book. Given the volume of resources devoted to autism, this is a most bizarre omission. I would recommend filling the gap here with Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrome Adolescents.

Those reservations aside, many who are actively working with difficult youth will find something of value here. How you value the book depends ultimately on your requirements.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for special education teachers!, June 24, 2000

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Janet M. Mihalacki (Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Treating Youth with Dsm-IV Disorders: The Role of Social Skill Instruction (Paperback)

Teachers always identify "what's wrong" with their special needs students. Here's a book which will assist in turning things around to a positive point of view.

The authors have written several excellent and easily applied programs for the special education classroom. Their guidelines and skill breakdowns have become the "Bible" of my classroom. The concepts can be applied at all developmental levels, yet it's not a one size fits all approach.

I recommend this book to all educators; both regular ed and special ed. There's information in here for everyone to apply in their daily classroon activities.