Skills Training and Development services provides opportunities for the individual to acquire and

improve skills needed to function as appropriately

and independently as possible in the community; and 

facilitates the individual's community integration

and increases his or her community tenure. Skills training and development services consist of teaching an individual the following skills: 

- skills for managing daily responsibilities (e.g.,

paying bills, attending school, and performing chores); 

- communication skills (e.g., effective communication and recognizing or change problematic communication styles); 

- pro-social skills (e.g., replacing problematic behaviors with behaviors that are socially and culturally appropriate or developing interpersonal relationship skills necessary to function effectively with family, peer, teachers, or other people in the community); 

- problem-solving skills; 

- assertiveness skills (e.g., resisting peer pressure, replacing aggressive behaviors with assertive behaviors, and expressing one's own opinion in a manner that is socially appropriate);