Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package is designed to help anyone who wants to develop their ability to provide social skills therapy and training.  

What does this book cover? 

This revised 2^nd edition of Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package is one of the core books in the Talkabout manual series. It is designed for speech and language therapists and those in similar fields, providing tips and tricks for helping people with developmental issues work on their social skills.

Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package offers important features, such as:

• Guides for offering interactive group therapy for social communications issues
• Specific pointers for helping patients and clients with autism operate in social situations
• Strategies for integrating social communication into speech therapy
• Methods for adapting these strategies for service users who do not write or who may be non-verbal
• More examples of using communication techniques smoothly in ‘real world’ situations

About the Editors

Alex Kelley is a skills training consultant and speech & language therapist. She operates the Alex Kelley Ltd consultancy and social skills training organisation. She also runs Speaking Space ltd, which offers occupational and language therapy to children and adults with autism or other disabilities.

In Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package, Kelley delivers a comprehensive resource that makes the work of the administrators and deliverers of speech and social therapy programs easier.