A complete groupwork resource offering a hierarchical approach to teaching social and relationship skills to teenagers. A practical session on administrating formal and informal assessments with Paediatric and adult client groups

includes a short assessment to highlight the module that is most appropriate to teach and the skills within that module that are relevant The SENCO role was established nearly thirty years ago in the SEN Code of Practice 1994 where it stated that all mainstream schools must have a SENCO responsible for coordinating services around children with SEN. It includes a short assessment to highlight the module that is most appropriate to teach and the skills within that module that are relevant.Talkabout is a series of social communication programmes. It is a practical resource which is aimed at improving Social Communication Skills such as;

Talkabout for Teenagers is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for older children and young adults with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties. It is a complete group work resource that offers a hierarchical approach, with ready-made material to assist teaching social and relationship skills specifically to older children and young adults. It is a complete group work resource that offers a hierarchical approach, with ready-made material to assist teaching social and relationship skills specifically to older children and young adults. This second edition is presented with full-colour illustrations and handouts, and includes a new introduction by Alex Kelly reflecting on her own experiences of using the resources since they were first developed. 37 structured session guides focussing on self-awareness and self-esteem, body language, conversational skills, friendship skills and assertivenessThese programmes provide a comprehensive workbook. It is a practical resource, is user friendly and photocopiable. Talkabout for Adults is written for adults with an intellectual disability (learning disability) or older children with special needs. Talkabout resources are the well known Social communication programmes developed by Alex Kelly. What is Talkabout? It was developed by Alex Kelly who worked in a FE college with a large number of young adults with intellectual disabilities. After a year of social skills interventions, using pre and post assessments, she noticed a pattern in who was responding and who wasn't, centred around the hierarchy of self-awareness coming before non-verbal skills and non-verbal coming before verbal and assertiveness coming last. Alex developed an intervention based on this hierarchy that was published after extensive testing and piloting. Talkabout for Teenagers is a comprehensive program of professional resources to help you deliver group sessions on social and relationship skills for teenagers with social, emotional or behavioral difficulties. The program follows the Talkabout hierarchy, building self-awareness and self-esteem first, then moving on to non-verbal communication, talking, friendship and assertiveness.

Suitable for Speech and Language Pathologists, Teachers, Social Workers, Child Psychologists and School Counselors, Talkabout for Teenagers has been thoroughly updated and edited for a US audience. Talkabout is a complete programme for developing self-esteem, social and friendship skills. It is based on teaching children or young adults in groups in school or college but can be adapted for 1:1 sessions or for use at home. It uses a hierarchical method of developing skills where basic or foundation skills are taught before more complicated skills. Groups work best if students get on and are well matched for both personality and need. Aim for a group of between 5 and 8 people. Remember that a larger group will mean the level may take longer to complete. Provides a short guide to running successful social skills groups, for example, the numbers for each group, group rules, developing group cohesion and how to set up a role play session.Over 60 activities form an extensive, structured social skills programme that can easily be adapted for use with children, adolescents and adults. a social skills assessment framework enables you to evaluate a young person's social skills and identify where to start work A complete groupwork resource offering a hierarchical approach to teaching social and relationship skills to teenagers. Designed specifically for teenagers, this practical workbook provides ready-made material for running social and relationship skills groups with older children and young adults. It is a complete group work resource that offers a hierarchical approach, with ready-made materialtoassistteaching social and relationship skills specifically to older children and young adults.