Teaching social skills: evaluation of an "independence week".
This study evaluated the achievements of a training course in social skills for physically disabled young people reaching school-leaving age. The course enabled the students to acquire skills in personal care and mobility, but not all the gains were sustained on return home. That basic skills can be acquired as a result of such a short intervention shows that more attention should be paid to them in school.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012046:Rehabilitation; D012648:Self Care; D012919:Social Behavior