This new 2^nd edition of The Social Skills Handbook is a practical manual to help you devise, set up and run social skills therapy sessions.

What does this book cover? 

The Social Skills Handbook: Practical Activities for Social Communication is a roadmap to running better social skills sessions, delivering more productive workshops and offering more effective therapy sessions. It covers the basics like showing empathy and making eye contact as well as more advanced topics like making friends and solving problems.

In addition, this revised 2^nd edition offers:

• All new sections on social situations in the workplace as well as content on dealing with conflict appropriately
• A much more visual layout – rich with illustrations, charts, tables and colour-coding
• More than 70 activities, suitable for service users at all stages of ability
• A theoretical overview and plenty of practical advice for educators, therapists and session coordinators

About the Authors

Sue Hutchings has been an occupational therapist for nearly 50 years. Much of the latter half of her experience was in the sub-field of occupational therapy education, and she has contributed to fieldwork placements and professional development in a range of health and social care facilities.

The revised 2nd edition of The Social Skills Handbook: Practical Activities for Social Communication can help you deliver better, more consistent and more helpful social skills workshops and sessions.