Description
Talkabout is a complete programme for developing children’s self-esteem, social communication and friendship skills. There are three Talkabout books specifically designed for use with primary school-aged children on three different aspects of the programme as follows:
- Talkabout for Children 1: Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem
- Talkabout for Children 2: Developing Social Communication
- Talkabout for Children 3: Developing Friendship Skills
A full description on each of these three books is given below.
Talkabout for Children Book 1: Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem (2nd Edition)
This professional workbook supports educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties.
This resource creates the foundation of the Talkabout hierarchy, where self-awareness comes before non-verbal skills and non-verbal comes before verbal, with assertiveness coming last.
Resources in this book include:
- an assessment framework
- planning and evaluation forms
- a three-term intervention plan for schools
- over 40 structured activity sessions focussing on self-awareness and self-esteem
- 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.
Published 2017 – 228 pages
Talkabout for Children Book 2: Developing Social Communication (3rd Edition)
This bestselling professional workbook is designed to support educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children.
Social communication is an essential aspect of our quality of life and this resource helps to develop this in young children aged 4-11 years old. The book introduces the second level of the Talkabout hierarchy and provides three sections full of practical activities exploring the areas of Talkabout Body Language, Talkabout Conversations, and Talkabout Assertiveness. Resources include:
- Planning and evaluation forms
- A three-term intervention plan for schools
- Over 60 structured activity sessions focusing on social communication
- Ideas for group cohesion activities to use at the beginning and end of sessions
- All the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the session, with resources available to photocopy or download and print.
Fully updated and revised, this third 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. This key resource will help teachers, teaching assistants, health care professionals and parents to support children’s social communication.
Published 2024 – 286 pages
Talkabout for Children Book 3: Developing Friendship Skills (2nd Edition)
This professional workbook supports educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties.
This resource creates the final level of the Talkabout hierarchy, where self-awareness comes before non-verbal skills and non-verbal comes before verbal, with assertiveness coming last.
Resources include:
- an assessment framework
- planning and evaluation forms
- a three-term intervention plan for schools
- over 25 structured activity sessions focussing on friendship skills
- 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.
Published 2017 – 228 pages
