The Social Skills Handbook

This is a practical photocopiable guide to setting up and running social skills groups.

The ideas presented will act as a stimulus to therapists and trainers working with clients who need to develop more effective social communication skills.

Based on well-established therapeutic principles, it contains:

• An overview of pertinent theory and the principles of groupwork
• A range of useful and adaptable ideas for practical activities designed to facilitate social communication skills
• Starts with basic, confidence-building tasks and progresses to more complex assignments
• All activities are easy to implement and clearly laid out with information on format, resources required and tips for group leaders.

Contents

180pp, illustrated, wire-o-bound

Chapters

• What is Social Communication?
• Guidelines for Setting up and Running Groups
• Basic Social Communication - Practical Activities:
• Looking and Listening
• Saying How You Feel
• Conversation in Relationships
• Complex Social Communication - Practical Activities:
• Getting Things Done
• Dealing with Work
• Managing Problems