48 cards in simple settingsWith clear images illustrating the most frequently used and easily recognisable verbs these phtographic cards include:The boy is brushing the dogThe girl is dancingThe boy is laughingThe girl is yawningThe boy is opening the boxThe girl is walkingThe cards show both male and female subjects of different ages and ethnic groups.The set is a valuable resource in individual and group work for:developing verbal comprehension.encouraging expressive language.teaching grammatical structures.improving communication skills.48 cards, 210 x 148mm plus booklet, boxed

Basic Verbs: In Simple Settings (ColorCards)

Speechmark

Reference

Speechmark Publishing

This title features 48 cards which develop perceptual skills. Each image in this collection of 48 photographic cards shows something wrong, either as it is happening or when it is about to happen. It is lively and humorous. These images are highly motivating to students of all ages and abilities. Images include adults and children in a variety of situations such as with an upside down television, making sandwiches with photographs and playing golf with an umbrella. Use these cards to heighten: attention skills; observation; vocabulary building; expressive language; storytelling; logical thought; and, problem solving.

What's Wrong (ColorCards)

This is a complete group work 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. Divided into five, hierarchical modules - self awareness and self esteem; body language; conversational skills; friendship skills; assertiveness skills- each module includes a teaching plan with worksheets and photocopies resources. It includes a short assessment to highlight the module that is most appropriate to teach and the skills within that module that are relevant. It provides a short guide to running successful social skills groups, for example, the numbers for each group, group rules, developing group cohesion, how to set up a role play. The Talkabout series is an extremely successful, hierarchical approach to teaching social skills and Talkabout for Teenagers is ideal for all professionals working with teenagers with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties. Alex Kelly is a Speech &amp; Language Therapist who specialises in working with people with social skills and relationship skills difficulties. She currently runs her own business providing social skills training and consultancy to schools and organisations across the UK and overseas. Brian Sains is a teacher in a secondary mainstream school. He was a community learning disability nurse for 10 years and left 6 years ago to pursue a career in teaching. He has a special interest in teaching children with social and behavioural difficulties and has supported several local initiatives to teach children social skills within secondary schools.

Talkabout For Teenagers: Developing Social & Emotional Communication Skills

Politics & Social Sciences

Kelly, Alex

Sains, Brian

Social Sciences

Developing self awareness and self esteem. Designed specifically for young children (aged 4 or above) or children with special needs, this practical resource is packed with activities and games for developing self awareness and self esteem. Self awareness and self esteem is an essential prerequisite to developing social skills and so this book is an excellent first step to any social skills programme. The book includes the following: over 40 activities to develop self awareness and self esteem, a year's teaching plan to help teachers incorporate groups into the school curriculum; a short introduction to working with children with low self esteem and social skills difficulties; a short assessment of self awareness and self esteem; 25 excellent group cohesion activities to use within in your groups and forms and evaluation sheets to help with the smooth running of groups. This resource has already been piloted across the UK and abroad and has proved to be very popular with teachers, therapists and children. The children in particular love the new Talkabout characters that are introduced to help them understand some of the concepts. This is certainly a must have for anyone working with young children or children with special needs on self awareness or self esteem.

Talkabout For Children: Developing self awareness and self esteem

Self-Help

Self-Esteem

Talkabout for Teenagers is a comprehensive, tried and tested 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 long established Talkabout hierarchy, building self-awareness and self-esteem first, then moving on to non-verbal communication, talking, friendship and assertiveness.A social skills assessment framework enables you to evaluate a young person's social skills and identify where to start work.The huge range of activities, group discussions and handouts for each level of the program mean that you have everything you need to deliver a successful social skills curriculum.Group cohesion activities help you to ensure that all participants benefit fully from attending your group sessions.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.From the foreword by Debbie Meringolo MA, MS and Nancy Tarshis MA, MS, CCC/SLP of Social ThinkingThis next installment of a proven social communication skills curriculum series does not disappoint! The straightforward writing, clear protocols for assessment and practical guidance are exactly what busy teachers and therapists need to help them plan and implement social learning lessons for students.

Talkabout for Teenagers US Edition: Developing Social Communication Skills

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Now designed specifically for adolescents or adults with special needs, this practical resource is packed with activities and games for developing social skills. Social competence is an essential aspect of our quality of life and this resource will help you to develop these skills with this client group. The book includes: <ul><li>Over 60 activities to develop social skills in body language, the way we talk, conversations and assertiveness.<li>Over a years' worth of work on developing social skills.<li>A short introduction to working with adolescents and adults with social skills difficulties.<li>An assessment of social skills and planning sheet for intervention.<li>Ideas for group cohesion activities to use within your groups.<li>Forms and evaluation sheets to help with the smooth running of groups.<li>All activities available to download to print out and use.</li></ul>This second edition will reposition the original Talkabout and Talkabout Activities as the second of three texts for adolescents and adults, mirroring the three titles published for children (1. Developing Self Awareness and Self Esteem 2. Developing Social Skills 3. Developing Friendship and Skills). The first in the adult series published in 2014 (Talkabout for Adults).

Talkabout Second Edition

Designed specifically for young children (aged 4 or above) or children with special needs, this practical resource is packed with activities and games for developing self awareness and self esteem. Self awareness and self esteem is an essential prerequisite to developing social skills and so this book is an excellent first step to any social skills program. The book includes:Over 40 activities to develop self awareness and self esteemA year’s teaching plan to help teachers incorporate groups into the school curriculumA short introduction to working with children with low self esteem and social skills difficultiesA short assessment of self awareness and self esteem25 excellent group cohesion activities to use within in your groupsForms and evaluation sheets to help with the smooth running of groups.This resource has already been piloted across the UK and abroad and has proved to be very popular with teachers, therapists and children. The children in particular love the new Talkabout characters that are introduced to help them understand some of the concepts. This is certainly a must have for anyone working with young children or children with special needs on self awareness or self esteem.

Talkabout for Children: Developing self awareness and self esteem

Early Communication Skills has been a popular and widely used publication since becoming available in 1991. Now in its third edition, the resource retains its original approach to communication, providing a source of fresh educational and therapeutic ideas for pre-school children.Special features:
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<li>An information giving section designed to answer all common concerns.</li>
<li>Activities and record sheets.</li>
<li>Over 100 activities are provided, spanning all areas of communication from pre-verbal skills to early words.</li>
</ul>

Early Communication Skills Third Edition

Lynch, Charlotte

Kidd, Julia

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