Module 08: The Six Elements of Skills Training
The teaching engine of psychiatric rehabilitation: direct skills teaching, modeling, practice, feedback, generalization, and programming for maintenance.
Service Delivery
3 lessons40 minLearning outcomes
- Deliver a complete skills-training sequence in a single session
- Fade prompts systematically
- Plan for generalization from the first session, not the last
Lessons
1. The Six Elements
15 min
2. Task Analysis and Prompt Fading
13 min
3. Feedback and In-Vivo Practice
12 min
Case-study exercise
Teaching the grocery run
Ana wants to shop for herself. She can make a list with help, freezes at the checkout, and has never used the self-checkout. She shops with her mother, who does the paying.
- 1. Write a 7-step task analysis and mark likely baseline mastery.
- 2. Design one session that includes all six elements.
- 3. Write the generalization and maintenance plan, including the mother's role.
Prototype: responses are stored locally, not submitted for grading.
Module quiz
3 questions ยท 67% required to pass