The Talkabout Series

This bestselling series teaches social, emotional and communication skills for all ages. Written by a Speech and Language Therapist with years of experience working with children and adults with social difficulties, each practical workbook provides a clear programme of activities targeted to improve social skills. The topics are divided into manageable sessions with a range of activities, worksheets and handouts, and each session is introduced with lesson objectives and guidance on how to best use the materials. Ideal for use individually or in group sessions, the resources can be photocopied and evaluation sheets and record forms are provided.

Each book contains:

• Engaging and practical resources
• An initial assessment to decide which level needs to be taught
• Numerous structured activity sessions
• Planning and evaluation forms to make the most of the sessions
• Full illustrations throughout

The hierarchical approach is based on Alex Kelly's clinical work in which she found that people with intellectual disabilities progressed more in social skills work if they developed foundation skills and non-verbal skills before the more complex ones such as verbal skills and assertiveness. The hierarchy means that you may start by developing a child’s self-awareness and self-esteem before progressing onto body language. You will then move onto conversation skills and then onto friendship skills and assertiveness.

The Talkabout resource manuals have been developed through years of practical experience into a complementary series of manuals targeted at different client ability/age groups with Talkabout, Second Edition also serving as the core manual.