Talkabout for Children 3

Synopsis

Talkabout for Children: Developing Friendship Skills is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties.

This resources creates the final level of the Talkabout heirachy, where self-awareness comes before non-verbal skills and non-verbal comes before verbal, with assertiveness coming last.

Resources include:

• an assessment framework
• planning and evaluation forms
• a three-term intervention plan for schools
• over 25 structured activity sessions focussing on friendship skills
• all the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the sessions.

This second edition is presented with full-colour illustrations and handouts, and includes a new introduction by Alex Kelly reflecting on her own experiences of using the resources since they were first developed.

About the Publisher

Routledge

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Summary

Chapter 1: Overview of Talkabout for Children 3

Talkabout for Children 3 is a book that helps children develop their conversational skills. It uses topics and activities to engage them in meaningful interactions. This book includes twenty four different chapters, each one with its own set of topics and activities. It provides children with a range of different tasks that they can do to practice and learn different conversational skills.

In this chapter, the authors introduce the book, as well as give an overview of the topics and activities that are covered in the book. They emphasize the importance of understanding how to communicate effectively and they share resources to help children become more confident in their communication skills. The authors also give a brief introduction to the topics and activities that are covered in the book, such as role playing conversations, talking about feelings and opinions, and problem solving.

An example of a task from this chapter is to role play different situations with a partner. This means that children will take turns pretending to be different characters in a certain situation, such as ordering food in a restaurant. This task gives children practice in working together to solve a problem and to be confident and clear in their communication.

Chapter 2: Pronunciation

The second chapter of Talkabout for Children 3 focuses on pronunciation. It contains a range of activities to help children become more confident and accurate in their pronunciation. This chapter covers the basics of pronunciation, such as distinguishing between different phonemes and vowel sounds, as well as intonation and stress. It also provides activities to help children practice and gain confidence in their pronunciation.

An example of an activity from this chapter is to have children watch a video of someone speaking in a different language. They are then encouraged to imitate the speaker by repeating different words and phrases with the correct pronunciation. This helps children become aware of the different sounds in different languages and become more confident and accurate in their pronunciation.

Chapter 3: Listening and Understanding

This chapter aims to help children develop their listening skills. It covers topics such as active listening, understanding non-verbal communication, and being aware of different types of questions. It also provides a range of activities to help children practice their listening skills, such as listening and repeating stories, repeating different sentences and filling in missing words.

An example of an activity from this chapter is to have children listen to a story and draw a picture of what they heard. This helps them become more aware of the detail they pick up when listening, as well as encourages them to use their imagination to illustrate a story. Another activity is to play a game of “dumb questions”. This involves asking questions that require a yes or no answer, which helps children learn to recognise different types of questions.