Beschreibung:
A guide to understanding and meeting the needs of those who have difficulty with social skills. It includes: what we mean by social skills; how social skills develop and why they sometimes do not; how to assess social skills; and, how to measure the impact of intervention.
1. Social skills: an introduction 2, Body language 3. Eyes and faces 4. Listening and paralanguage 5. Starting and ending conversations 6. Maintaining a conversation 7. Assertiveness 8. Self-esteem 9. Friendship skills 10. The normal development of social skills 11. Autism Spectrum Disorder and social skills 12. Assessing social skills 13. Teaching social skills 1: different approaches and the four step plan to intervention 14. Teaching social skills 2: social skills interventions 15. Teaching social skills 3: developing social skills in schools 16. Teaching social skills 4: the role of parents 17. Evaluation: measuring the effectiveness of social skills interventions