Social Skills Training for Adolescents with General Moderate Learning Difficulties

Ursula Cornish is a senior educational psychologist and family therapist who has worked extensively with people with autism and Asperger Syndrome as well as helping families and school pupils come to terms with loss, trauma and stress. Fiona Ross has seven years' experience as an educational psychologist in inner-city schools in Britain and the US, providing training to school staff and both individual counselling and group-based social skills training for students.

• Preface. Introduction. Part 1 - How to Start. Needs Analysis. Social Skills Checklist. Interviews. Observations. Sociograms. Part 2 - The Training Programme. Introduction: Planning the Sessions. 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. Recognising 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 Needed. Session 9. Recognizing and Learning to Resolve Conflict. Session 10. Showing Care and Concern for Others.

a useful guide for teachers and group leaders which is flexible enough to be used in many different ways.