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Based on the principles of Rational Emotive Therapy, it helps students learn to use positive mental health concepts in overcoming irrational beliefs, negative feelings and attitudes and the negative consequences that my result.  The book contains 90 field-tested activities arranged by grade level.  Activities are organised into 5 categories - Self Acceptance; Feelings; Beliefs and Behaviour; Problem Solving/Decision Making; Interpersonal Relationships.  The activities are designed for the classroom or small group settings and include simulation games, stories, role plays, written activities, brainstorming and art activities.

€58.50

Based on the principles of Rational Emotive Therapy, it helps students learn to use positive mental health concepts in overcoming irrational beliefs, negative feelings and attitudes and the negative consequences that my result.  The book contains 90 field-tested activities arranged by grade level.  Activities are organised into 5 categories - Self Acceptance; Feelings; Beliefs and Behaviour; Problem Solving/Decision Making; Interpersonal Relationships.  The activities are designed for the classroom or small group settings and include simulation games, stories, role plays, written activities, brainstorming and art activities.

€58.50

This books helps people who have difficulty in making and maintaining friends improve their self-esteem and relationship skills.  The practical worksheets help teachers or therapists work through self-esteem and relationship skills within a group setting in a structured way.  The groupwork resource is ideal for anyone working in the field of learning disabilities, i.e. slt’s, teachers, o/t’s community LD nurses etc.   

€49.95 

Following many request by teachers and clinicians, Talkabout Activities has been developed to provide practical activities for social skills training.  It can be used by anyone running a social skills group and can be used with children, adolescents or adults.  There are six levels of activities which correspond with the worksheets in “Talkabout”.  Areas covered: self and other awareness of communication, body language, the way we talk, conversational skills and assertiveness.

€49.95

This is a social communication skills package designed for teachers and therapists working with children or adults with social communications difficulties and was initially piloted on adolescents with mild learning difficulties.  It has more than 120 photocopiable worksheets, divided into the following 6 levels: Level 1 - Talkabout Me & You - improves self and others’ awareness; covers physical appearance, personality, people, likes and dislikes, strengths, needs and problem solving.  Level 2 - Talkabout Communication - explores what is meant by communication and allows clients to assess their own communication skills.  Level 3 - Talkabout Body Language - covers the eight aspects of body language.  Level 4 - Talkabout the Way we Talk - aims to improve paralinguistic skills.  Level 5 – Talkabout Conversations takes the reader through the 8 aspects of conversational skills, including listening.  Level 6 - Talkabout Assertiveness enhances awareness and use of assertiveness skills.

€49.95 

A range of useful and adaptable ideas and activities which have been devised for anybody involved in running social skills groups.  Contains 90 practical ideas for activities designed to facilitate social communication from basic groupwork tasks to more complex social activities; information on format, resources needed and tips for group leaders; guidelines for setting up and running groups.

€35.95

This book presents a prosocial skills group training programme for adolescents, especially those who display aggression, immaturity, withdrawal or other problem behaviours.  It is designed to help teens increase self-esteem and develop competence in dealing with peers, family and authority figures.  The approach utilises teacher modelling, student role playing, group performance feedback and transfer training.  The curriculum is divided into 5 skill groups; Beginning and Advanced Social Skills; Dealing with Feelings; Alternatives to Aggression; Dealing with Stress; Planning Skills.  The book provides strategies for teaching 50 specific prosocial skills and all the information necessary for organising and conducting a successful Skillstreaming programme – including procedures for handling problems that may occur during group training.

€36.30

(RP)  Provides a training programme that addresses the prosocial skill needs of children, especially those who display aggression, immaturity or other problem behaviours.  The approach utilises teacher modelling, student role playing, group performance feedback and transfer training.  The curriculum is divided into 5 skill groups: Classroom Survival Skills; Friendship-making Skills; Dealing with Feelings; Alternatives to Aggression; Dealing with Stress.  The book provides strategies for teaching 60 specific prosocial skills and also shows how to organise and conduct a successful Skillstreaming group and provides valuable guidelines for resolving group problems.

€36.30 

Provides a systematic group training programme for teaching prosocial skills to young children, especially those who exhibit withdrawal, aggression, behaviour problems or learning disabilities.  It is designed to help kids increase self-esteem, develop competence in dealing with interpersonal conflicts and contribute to a positive classroom atmosphere.  The approach utilises teacher modelling, student role playing, group performance feedback and transfer training.  The book provides strategies for teaching 40 specific prosocial skills and is divided into 6 skill groups: Beginning Social Skills, School-Related Skills, Friendship-making Skills, Dealing with Feelings, Alternatives to Aggression, Dealing with Stress.  It also includes a number of useful assessment measures and forms to identify children most in need of training; assess their strengths and weaknesses, assign them to groups and evaluate progress as well as a variety of management techniques to deal with typical problem behaviours encountered during group sessions.

€36.30 

24 specific skills and techniques essential to groupwork with children and adolescents.  Shows how, why and when to use each skill and technique.  Contents: Professional Issues and Organisational Skills; Leadership Skills; Therapeutic Interaction Techniques.  An Excellent companion manual to the author’s Skills for Living books, described above.

€32.30

Provides nuts-and-bolts techniques and specific dos and don’ts for leading skill-building counselling groups with students who need help learning positive coping and social skills.  The manual is divided into 2 sections.  Part 1 provides guidelines for designing, organising, conducting and evaluating multi-session counselling groups.  Part 2 provides counselling agendas and step-by-step procedures for conducting groups on 8 topic areas Peacemaking skills; Building Self-Esteem; Getting along with others; Divorce Stress; Learning from Losses; Anger Control; Responsibility; Good Citizens.

€52.00

Provides nuts-and-bolts techniques and specific dos and don’ts for leading skill-building counselling groups with students who need help learning positive coping and social skills.  The manual is divided into 2 sections.  Part 1 provides guidelines for designing, organising, conducting and evaluating multi-session counselling groups.  Part 2 provides counselling agendas and step-by-step procedures for conducting groups on 8 topic areas - Dealing with a Divorce in the family; Meeting, Making and Keeping Friends; Assertion and Communication Skills; Developing Self-Esteem; Stress Management Skills; Anger Management Skills; School Survival and Success; Coping with Grief and Loss.

€52.00

Provides a comprehensive prosocial skills training programme for use with pre-teens and teens, especially those who are chronically aggressive, withdrawn or otherwise weak in prosocial competencies.  The curriculum consists of 10 course-length interventions; Problem Solving, Interpersonal Skills, Situational Perception, Anger Control, Moral Reasoning, Stress Management, Empathy, Recruiting Supportive Models, Co-operation, Understanding and Using Groups.

€63.00

Provides the kinds of activities needed for running effective advisory groups. Contents include: Building a team -getting acquainted, determining the group’s purpose, establishing ground rules; School Success - learning school rules and expectations, setting academic goals, staying organised, completing homework; Celebrate Yourself - self-esteem, coping with stress, setting goals, understanding emotions; Communication and Conflict Resolution - effective communication, decision making, problem solving, negotiation; Relating to Others – peer relationships, making and keeping friends, exploring cultural and individual differences; Your Community - community awareness, volunteer projects, career exploration.

€47.30

This manual offers an approach that provides communication skills training for teachers and easy-to-do group activities for 12 - 16 year olds.  The author shows how to become more effective adult-child communicators by “connecting” with students - giving them permission to talk about feelings, ask for help and be themselves.  Contents: Part 1 - On Being a Valuable Adult - Communicating with kids; Communicating with kids in group settings; Managing change and making connections with kids.  Part 2 - The Activities - Relating Activities, using words, feelings and ideas for more effective communication and interaction; Thinking Activities, using critical, creative and reflective thinking for solving problems and coping with stress.  Each of the 50 activities provides students with experiences that can be generalised to real-life situations.  Students develop a repertoire of problem-solving strategies that can reduce the risk of adversity.

€41.00

(Programme Guide & Skill Lessons & Activities Notebook).  The programme provides strategies for teaching 17 core social skills: the Programme Guide offers 32 training activities, 5 main teaching strategies as well as a built-in behaviour management system for reducing or eliminating problem behaviours.  The skill lessons and activities notebook provides step-by-step instructions for teaching the skills.

€61.80

This is a photocopiable resource pack which aims to promote student effectiveness.  This book is mainly for secondary school students but can also be for higher level primary school students.  It covers three stages: Raising awareness of experiences and factors which may have contributed to current situations; understanding their behaviours and emotions; skill training for tackling the difficult situations identified in the above two sections.

€40.00

This book considers how children’s development can be assisted in ways that are responsive to their needs.  It discusses how children develop confidence, independence, awareness of the needs of others and the disposition to learn.  It also looks at the issues of emotional well-being, moral and spiritual developments and how children relate to the wider world.  This is an essential read for those working in this area.  Book isbn 076196360X.

€31.90

A Comprehensive Training Programme Introducing a Peer Buddy System to Support Students Starting Secondary School Peer buddy schemes are gaining popularity as a means of supporting new pupils.  Benefits help the new pupils and the supporters.  “The existence of a peer support system was perceived as beneficial to the school as a whole”.  Naylor & Cowie 1999.  Research into these systems indicates they: Protect against bullying; promote a caring school; enhance befrienders communication skills; build confidence and trust; provide positive role models.  A photocopiable resource containing everything needed to implement, support and evaluate a peer support scheme, comprising teacher notes, six training sessions, and a student handbook.  Copiable teaching resource isbn 1873942990.

€31.90