Promoting appropriate behavior in daily life contexts using functional analytic psychotherapy in early-adolescent children.

The topics of social skills development in adolescences and the ways to promote this process have been amply investigated in both the clinical and educational literature. Yet, although this line of researc has led to development of many different approaches for this population, most have shown little effectiveness in promoting further social skills acquisition beyond the intervention context. The present study tested the efficacy of clinical strategies based on Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) to promote social skills in 5 particioants aged 11 to 15 years.