Positive Interaction Skills

Positive Interaction Skills provides group facilitators with a flexible programme to enable participants to develop good personal interaction skills.

• The programme can be adapted to suit a wide variety of groups, settings and needs. Full guidance notes for facilitators, session plans, handouts and activities are provided to enable the session themes to be fully developed.

The book is planned so that sessions can be used independently as required to meet specific needs.

This practical and thought-provoking resource is filled with workable ideas that can be used to improve interaction skills in meaningful ways. It is an indispensable resource.

Contents

264pp, A4, wire-o-bound

Chapters

• Part 1 Preparing to run an interaction skills group:

1. Introduction
2. Organising the group
3. Guidelines for success
4. Strategies to overcome common problems

• Part 2 Positive interaction skills sessions:

1. Introducing positive interaction skills
2. Exploring social perception
3. Recognising influences on interaction
4. Developing support networks
5. Understanding body language
6. Making conversation
7. Learning to listen
8. Starting, sustaining and ending friendships
9. Establishing and keeping close relationships
10. Appreciating other points of view
11. Creating trust and learning to self-disclose
12. Resolving conflict in relationships
13. Being assertive and handling criticism
14. Overcoming shyness and loneliness
15. Building confidence and self-esteem
16. Managing emotions
17. Improving self-management skills.