The Social Skills Handbook: Practical Activities for Social Communication

Practical Activities for Social Communication

This is a practical photocopiable guide to setting up and running social skill groups. The ideas presented will act as a stimulus to therapists and trainers working with clients who need to develop more effective social communication skills.

Based on well-established therapeutic principles, it contains:

• An overview of pertinent theory and the principles of workgroup.
• A range of useful and adaptable ideas for practical activities designed to facilitate social communication skills.
• Starts with basic, confidence-building tasks and progresses to more complex assignments.
• All activities are easy to implement and clearly laid out with information on format, resources required and tips for group leaders.

Contents: What is Social Communication?; Guidelines for Setting up and Running Groups; Basic Social Communication - Practical Activities: Looking and Listening; Saying How You Feel; Conversation in Relationships; Complex Social Communication - Practical Activities; Getting Things Done; Dealing with Work; Managing Problems.