Social skills training for adolescents with general moderate learning difficulties [[electronic resource] /] / Ursula Cornish and Fiona Ross

• Autore: Cornish Ursula
• Pubblicazione: London, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (131 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.14071
• Soggetto topico: Asperger's syndrome - Patients - Education; Learning disabled children - Education - Great Britain; Social skills in children - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Great Britain
• Altri autori: RossFiona <1971->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Social Skills Training for Adolescents with General Moderate Learning Difficulties; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Choice of Social Skills Training programmes; Strategies for using Social Skills Training programmes; Behavioural approaches; Cognitive approaches; Distinguishing between public and private; Developing language skills; Coping with real life; Need for practice; Aims of the programme set out in this book; National Curriculum Link; Part 1: How to start; Needs analysis; Social Skills Checklist; Interviews; Observations; Sociograms; Part 2: The Training Programme ; Introduction: Planning the sessionsSession format; Physical organization; Communication with parents, carers and teachers; Timing of each session; Session 1: Listening and paying attention; Session 2: Listening and turn-taking; Session 3: Monitoring own body language and reading body language in others; Session 4: Recognizing own and others' strengths; Session 5: Learning to say no to unreasonable demands and to cope with peer pressure; Session 6: Recognizing and describing feelings; Session 7: Learning to control own feelings ; Session 8: Being confident to explain own views and to ask for support when neededSession 9: Recognizing and learning to resolve conflict; Session 10: Showing care and concern for others; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: After many years' social skills work with young people with Asperger Syndrome and other moderate learning difficulties, the authors have compiled a set of training sessions for teachers. Based on a multi-sensory cognitive-behavioural approach, the sessions cover pre- and post-intervention evaluation schedules, and interview and observation tools.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social skills training for adolescents with general moderate learning difficulties
• ISBN: 1-283-90429-2; 1-84642-417-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780341203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II