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Talkabout – A Social Communication Skills Package 1e

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This hugely popular photocopiable manual provides professionals with a framework for the development of social skills. Initially piloted on adolescents with mild learning difficulties, it can be used with a variety of client groups, both children and adults.   Beginning with a basic assessment procedure to evaluate the client’s self-awareness, as well as the awareness of others, it is divided into six levels: Improving the awareness of self and others, including physical appearance, likes, dislikes and problem solving Allowing clients to assess their own communication skills Taking the client through eight levels of body language; ‘Talkabout the way we talk’ improving paralinguistic skills Taking the client through the processes needed to improve conversational and listening skills Awareness and use of assertiveness skills. Practical and user-friendly, this comprehensive workbook is an essential resource for therapists running social skills groups.

Recommended for: Speech Language Therapists.

Ages: Children, Adolescents and Adults.

Contents: Talkabout me and you Talkabout communication Talkabout body language Talkabout the way we talk T alkabout conversations Talkabout assertiveness 161pp, A4 illustrated wire-o-bound.   Review: “A highly practical, easy to use resource … it will be useful not only to speech language therapists but also to colleagues in occupational therapy, education and social work.” – Speech and Language Therapy in Practice.

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SKU: 9780863883231 - 66 Categories: , NDIS approved: Yes Ages: 0 - 5 Author: Alex Kelly Publisher: Routledge Page count: 168 Edition: 1st edition ISBN: 9780863883231 Publish date: 30 June 1997

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This hugely popular photocopiable manual provides professionals with a framework for the development of social skills. Initially piloted on adolescents with mild learning difficulties, it can be used with a variety of client groups, both children and adults.   Beginning with a basic assessment procedure to evaluate the client’s self-awareness, as well as the awareness of others, it is divided into six levels: Improving the awareness of self and others, including physical appearance, likes, dislikes and problem solving Allowing clients to assess their own communication skills Taking the client through eight levels of body language; ‘Talkabout the way we talk’ improving paralinguistic skills Taking the client through the processes needed to improve conversational and listening skills Awareness and use of assertiveness skills. Practical and user-friendly, this comprehensive workbook is an essential resource for therapists running social skills groups.

Recommended for: Speech Language Therapists.

Ages: Children, Adolescents and Adults.

Contents: Talkabout me and you Talkabout communication Talkabout body language Talkabout the way we talk T alkabout conversations Talkabout assertiveness 161pp, A4 illustrated wire-o-bound.   Review: “A highly practical, easy to use resource … it will be useful not only to speech language therapists but also to colleagues in occupational therapy, education and social work.” – Speech and Language Therapy in Practice.