Talkabout for Children: Developing Friendship Skills is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties. This resource creates the final level of the Talkabout hierarchy, where self-awareness comes before non-verbal skills and non-verbal comes before verbal, with assertiveness coming last. 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.
Key Features
- An assessment framework
- Planning and evaluation forms
- A three-term intervention plan for schools
- Over 25 structured activity sessions focusing on friendship skills
- All the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the sessions.
Additional Information
The resources include a comprehensive Table of Contents covering various topics such as:
- What is a friend?
- Friendly behaviours
- Choosing a friend
- Starting out
- Being a good friend
- Coping with problems
- School Intervention Plan
- Planning and Evaluation Templates
Specifications
Author: Alex Kelly
Profession: Speech & Language Therapist
Specialisation: Working with people with social skills and relationship skills difficulties.
Recommendations
Alex Kelly currently runs her own business providing social skills training and consultancy to schools and organisations across the UK and overseas.
