Helping students overcome social anxiety : skills for academic and social success (SASS) / Carrie Masia Warner, Daniela Colognori, and 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 psychoeducation, 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"-- Provided by publisher

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Cover; Half Title Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I. Recognizing and Addressing Social Anxiety at School; 1. What Is Social Anxiety?; Social Anxiety Defined; What Does Social Anxiety Look Like?; How Is Shyness Different from Social Anxiety?; Impairment Associated with Social Anxiety; Won�a#x80;#x99;t They Grow Out of It?; How Will This Book Help?; Chapter Summary; 2. Why Treat Social Anxiety at School?; Why Should Schools Invest in Treating Social Anxiety?; Response to Intervention and School�a#x80;#x91;Based Social Anxiety Treatment.

Do School�a#x80;#x91;Based Programs Increase Access to Treatment?Who Should Deliver School�a#x80;#x91;Based Mental Health Programs?; How Do School Settings Enrich Treatment for Social Anxiety?; How Do Schools Support Treatment in Groups?; Are Students Open to Receiving Help at School?; Chapter Summary; 3. Identifying Students Struggling with Social Anxiety; What Does Social Anxiety Look Like in the Classroom?; What Does Social Anxiety Look Like in Other School Settings?; How Can I Identify Socially Anxious Students?; Universal Screenings; Teacher Nominations; Assessing Students Who Report Anxiety.

Inviting Students to Address Social AnxietyLauren�a#x80;#x99;s Story; Chapter Summary; Part II. Promoting Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS); 4. Educating Teenagers about Social Anxiety; Everyone Experiences Anxiety! Why?; What Is Social Anxiety?; Emotions and Physical Symptoms; Thoughts; Behaviors; How Do Feelings, Thoughts, and Behaviors Work Together to Maintain Anxiety?; Negative Thoughts �a#x86;#x92; Anxious Emotions/Physical Symptoms �a#x86;#x92; Avoidance; Anxious Emotions/Physical Feelings �a#x86;#x92; Negative Thoughts �a#x86;#x92; Avoidance.

Past Avoidance �a#x86;#x92; Negative Thoughts �a#x86;#x92; Anxious Emotions/Physical Symptoms �a#x86;#x92; Future AvoidanceHow to Talk about Social Anxiety with Students; Conducting Psychoeducation in a Group Setting; Common Challenges to Providing Psychoeducation; Students Have Trouble Differentiating Feelings and Thoughts; Students Are Hesitant to Disclose Anxious Symptoms; Lauren�a#x80;#x99;s Story; Chapter Summary; 5. Socially Anxious Thinking 101; How Does Cognition Develop in Adolescence?; What Are They Thinking?: A Guide to Socially Anxious Thinking Traps; Perfectionistic Expectations; Rigid Social Rules.

Excessive Personal ResponsibilityOverestimation; Catastrophizing; Why Is Negative Thinking Problematic?; Lauren�a#x80;#x99;s Story; Chapter Summary; Appendix 5.1. Common Socially Anxious Thinking Traps; 6. Realistic Thinking: Give It a Second Thought!; What Is Realistic Thinking?; How Is Realistic Thinking Different from Positive Thinking?; Laying the Foundation for Giving It a Second Thought; Step 1: Identify Specific, Negative Expectations; Step 2: Identify Thinking Traps; Step 3: Give It a Second Thought!: Are Your Initial Thoughts Realistic?; Step 4: Apply These Skills to Various Situations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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