The Social Skills Handbook

Name: The Social Skills Handbook
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780367109875
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Practical Activities for Social Communication

By Sue Hutchings

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The Social Skills Handbook by Sue Hutchings is a practical guide for setting up and running social skills sessions. This revised second edition combines established therapeutic principles with flexible, easy-to-use resources suitable for practitioners across various settings. It starts with foundational skills like Eye Contact and Empathy, progressing to complex abilities such as Problem Solving and Making Friends. The book features over 70 clear activities, colour-coded sections, and covers new topics like Dealing with Conflict and social communication in the workplace.
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This handbook is ideal for professionals and practitioners in health and social care, education, and community roles who support individuals with social communication challenges. It suits those seeking to develop social confidence and communication skills in people of all ages and abilities.

Now in a revised second edition, this book offers practical guidance for setting up and running social skills sessions to develop a range of skills from ‘Eye Contact’ and ‘Empathy’ to ‘Problem Solving’ and ‘Making Friends’.

Description

Now in a revised second edition, The Social Skills Handbook offers practical guidance for setting up and running social skills sessions. Based on well-established therapeutic principles, this is a flexible, easy-to-use resource suitable for practitioners and professionals working in a range of settings.

An overview of social communication theory and the principles of groupwork forms a solid foundation for the session and activity guidance, structured so that the sessions progress from basic skills such as Eye Contact and Empathy to more complex skills such as Problem Solving and Making Friends.

Features of the book include:

Practical and theoretical information for session facilitators
Over 70 versatile, easy-to-follow activity suggestions designed to suit all ages and levels of social ability
An attractive visual layout that includes colour coded sections, tables and illustrations
Brand new activities focused on Dealing with Conflict and social communication In the Workplace.

With ever increasing numbers of people being diagnosed with some form of social difficulty, this book will be an essential resource for anybody working within health and social care, education, and the community looking to teach and develop social confidence and communication skills.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367109875

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 6 Tables, black and white; 28 Line drawings, black and white

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 190

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Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Sue Hutchings

About the Author

Sue Hutchings qualified as an Occupational Therapist in the late 1970s and worked predominantly in community mental health. For the later part of her career, she worked in Occupational Therapy education and was active in the support and professional development of students on fieldwork placements in a range of health and social care settings. She has a long-held interest in social communication and how it can best be acquired and used to positive effect in everyday life.