SOCIAL SKILLS DEFICI TS 331 20. Role-Play Inquiries about Interests (2 0) A. Role-playing tech niques were used to practice asking questions about others' areas of interest, modeling eye contact, noninterruptive listening, and assertiveness in the process. B. To facilitate the client's social skills, role-playing was used with him/her initiating conversation with others. C. The client was supported as he/she expressed more confidence in his/her social initiation ability after the role-playing experience. D. The client was reinforced for following through on implementing the initiation of social contact and reporting a feeling of success with this experience. E. The client has not followed through with the implementation of asking questions about others' interests and was redirected to do so. 21. Assign Skill Practice (2 1) A. The client was assig ned to practice the use of listening and speaking skills in three social situations. B. The client's experience of using social skills, including his/her successes and difficulties, was reviewed. C. The complexity of the client's social skill practice si tuations was gradually increased. D. The client has not followed through on practicing listening skills and was redirected to do so. 22. Refer to a Support Group (2 2) A. The client was referred to a support group for individuals with severe and persiste nt mental illness. B. The client has attended the support group for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, and the benefits of this support group were reviewed. C. The client reported that he/she has not experienced any positive benefit f rom the use of a support group but was encouraged to continue to attend. D. The client has not used the support group for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and was redirected to do so. 23. Teach Calming and Intentional Focusing Skills (23) A. The client was taught calming and intentional focusing skills. B. The client was reminded to stay focused on external and behavioral goals. C. The client was taught physiological techniques to help calm his/her social anxiety, including muscular relaxation, evenly paced diaphragmatic breathing and “riding the wave of anxiety. ” D. The client was reinforced for his/her increased calm, focused management of his/her social anxiety symptoms. E. The client has not used calming and intentional focusin g skills to manage his/her social anxiety symptoms and was reminded about these helpful skills. 24. Identify Distorted Thoughts (24) A. The client was assisted in identifying the distorted schemas and related automatic thoughts that mediate problems with social skills. B. The client was taught the role of distorted thinking in precipitating emotional responses. 