Talkabout for Teenagers: Developing Social and Emotional Communication Skills by Alex Kelly (Managing director of Alex Kelly Ltd Speech therapist, Social Skills and Communication Consultant, UK.)
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.
Resources include:
- an assessment framework
- planning and evaluation forms
- 37 structured session guides focussing on self-awareness and self-esteem, body language, conversational skills, friendship skills and assertiveness
- all the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the sessions.
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.