1st Edition
Social Skills Developing Effective Interpersonal Communication
By Alex Kelly
Copyright 2019
348 Pages
59 Color Illustrations
by
Speechmark
348 Pages
59 Color Illustrations
by
Speechmark
348 Pages
59 Color Illustrations
by
Speechmark
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What can we do to help those who struggle to develop effective social skills?
Social Skills: Developing Effective Interpersonal Communication is a definitive guide to understanding and meeting the needs of those who have difficulty with social skills. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book provides a theoretical framework to the teaching of social skills alongside a range of... Read more
- Social skills: an introduction
- Body language
- Eyes and faces
- Listening and paralanguage
- Starting and ending conversations
- Maintaining a conversation
- Assertiveness
- Self-esteem
- Friendship skills
- The normal development of social skills
- Autism Spectrum Disorder and social skills
- Assessing social skills
- Teaching social skills 1: different approaches and the four step plan to intervention
- Teaching social skills 2: social skills interventions
- Teaching social skills 3: developing social skills in schools
- Teaching social skills 4: the role of parents
- Evaluation: measuring the effectiveness of social skills interventions
Biography
Alex Kelly is a speech and language therapist based near Southampton, UK. She runs two businesses, both based in Hampshire: Speaking Space Ltd offers speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to children and adults, training in all areas of communication, and a day service for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism. Alex Kelly Ltd offers training and consultancy in social skills. Alex is the author of the best-selling Talkabout books and lectures internationally on all aspects of social skills.
