{"product_id":"talkabout-for-adults-9780863889936","title":"Talkabout for Adults","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTalkabout for Adults \u003c\/em\u003eis a practical resource to help therapists or support staff to develop self-awareness and self-esteem in adults. It has been particularly aimed at adults with an intellectual disability (learning disability) or older children with special needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been adapted from \u003cem\u003eTalkabout for Children: Developing Self-awareness and Self-esteem\u003c\/em\u003e to be suitable for an older audience. This means that some of the activities are almost identical but a number of them have been adapted to be more appropriate. There are also some new activities such as the 'A book about me.' which enables the adults to make up a book over the course of the sessions that will summarise some keys personal facts. This can work well as an addition to a communication passport or equivalent, or can stand alone as an alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTalkabout for Adults\u003c\/em\u003e is a stand-alone resource with approximately a year's worth of activities to develop self-awareness and self-esteem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalkabout for Adults is a practical resource to help therapists or support staff to develop self-awareness and self-esteem in adults. It has been particularly aimed at adults with an intellectual disability (learning disability) or older children with special needs. It has been adapted from the \u003ci\u003eTalkabout for Children: developing self-awareness and self-esteem\u003c\/i\u003e to be suitable for an older audience. This means that some of the activities are almost identical but a number of them have been adapted to be more appropriate. There are also some new activities such as the 'A book about me…' which enables the adults to make up a book over the course of the sessions that will summarise some keys personal facts. This can work well as an addition to a communication passport or equivalent, or can stand alone as an alternative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalkabout for Adults\u003c\/i\u003e is a stand-alone resource with approximately a year's worth of activities to develop self-awareness and self-esteem. It has 50 activities to do with adults and it has been successfully piloted at Speaking Space. It includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short assessment of self-awareness and self-esteem \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA year's worth of work on self-awareness and self-esteem including 50 activities and some worksheets \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical suggestions to make your group work successful including 25 group cohesion activities, a plan for intervention, and forms for monitoring and evaluation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis resource continues to use the TALKABOUT hierarchical approach to teaching skills, that is, basic self-awareness skills are taught prior to more complex skills such as social skills and friendship skills. This also means that this resource is designed to be used logically from topic 1 through to topic 8.\u003cbr\u003eMost of the activities are more suited to working in a group setting but some of them can be adapted for one-to-one work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018498998615,"sku":"9780863889936","price":44.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780863889936.jpg?v=1750777120","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/talkabout-for-adults-9780863889936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}