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Talkabout for Teenagers

Developing Social and Emotional Communication Skills
By Alex Kelly and Brian Sains
Series: Talkabout
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Talkabout for Teenagers is a professional workbook designed to support educators and therapists in teaching social and relationship skills to older children and young adults with social, emotional, or behavioural difficulties. This comprehensive resource provides a hierarchical approach through 37 structured session guides covering topics such as self-awareness, self-esteem, body language, conversational skills, friendship skills, and assertiveness. It includes an assessment framework, planning and evaluation forms, and all necessary handouts and images to facilitate effective group work. The second edition features full-colour illustrations and a new introduction by Alex Kelly, reflecting on her extensive experience with the material.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for educators, therapists, and other professionals working with teenagers who require support in developing social and emotional skills, particularly those facing behavioural challenges. It is also suitable for anyone involved in delivering structured group sessions to this age group.

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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 focusing 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.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138065789

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 23 Tables, color; 522 Line drawings, color; 522 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 720g

Pages: 246

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Alex Kelly Brian Sains Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Talkabout

About the Author

Alex Kelly is a Speech & 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 spent 15 years working with adults and children with social and relationship skills difficulties and 10 years working as a community learning disability nurse where he specialised in working with men with relationship skills difficulties. He now runs Alex Kelly Ltd alongside his wife Alex.

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