CET is a performance based, comprehensive, developmental approach to the rehabilitation of social cognitive and neurocognitive deficits. CET is designed as a recovery phase intervention for persons with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who are symptomatically stable, but who nonetheless remain socially and vocationally disabled. Patients need to be outpatients stabilized on medication, have an IQ of at least 80, and not be abusing drugs and alcohol. Participants work at recovery through structured group and computer exercises.  CET is the culmination of more than 30 years of clinical experience and research in schizophrenia treatment development by the psychosocial treatment pioneer and University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry Professor Emeritus, Gerard E. Hogarty, M.S.W. Overall, CET attempts to increase mental stamina, active information processing, and the spontaneous negotiation of unrehearsed social challenges. It does so with a focus on enhancing perspective taking, social context appraisal, and other components of social cognition.