People Skills for Young Adults

by Marianna Csoti

Overview

People Skills for Young Adults is a complete course in social skills training for students in their teens, and is particularly appropriate for those with mild learning difficulties. The book is practical in emphasis, and comprises a series of sessions accompanied by leader sheets. Examples of scenarios are given, and students are encouraged to act them out and discuss the issues raised in them. There are also role plays and student help sheets, which develop the areas covered in the sessions. The areas include:

friends and relationships

personal development

self-confidence and shyness

assertiveness

counselling and listening skills.

Full guidance and practical suggestions are included, so that leaders do not require any previous experience of teaching this subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853027161
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	03/21/2001
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.65(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Marianna Cs¢ti has taught in the London Borough of Brent. She began writing for personal, social and health education when she moved to Wales; and has had three packs of Contentious Issues published for use in schools, as well as the book, Assertiveness for Young Adults. At present she is a houseparent in a residential international sixth-form college.

Table of Contents

About the course. Leaders' notes. SECTION ONE: FRIENDSHIPS. Introduction. 1. What are friends? 2. Influences on relationships. 3. Personal development. 4. Social networks. 5. Making new friends. 6. Loneliness. 7. Barriers in friendships. Conclusion. SECTION TWO: SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING. Introduction. 8. Social and relationship rules. 9. Loneliness and poor social skills. 10. Speech and body messages. 11. Role play. 12. Role plays in action. 13. Self-disclosure. 14. Listening skills. 15. Self-confidence and shyness. 16. Making conversation. Conclusion. SECTION THREE: ASSERTIVENESS. Introduction. 17. Assertiveness. 18. Protecting yourself. 19. Feelings and complaints. 20. Saying no, compliments and asking for what you want. Conclusion. SECTION FOUR: COUNSELLING. Introduction. 21. Counselling. 22. Counselling in Practice. Information sheet: national helplines. Conclusion. Resources. Further reading.

Editorial Reviews

This is a useful tool that could be utilised in many settings for social skills training with young adults.

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

This resource is a complete course in social skills for teenagers and particularly appropriate for those with mild learning difficulties. The course is made up of lots of situations for discussions, role-play and guidelines for course leaders making it easy for those who have not dealt with this subject before. The four main subjects covered in the course are friendship, social skills training, assertiveness and counselling. Included in these sections are making new friends, loneliness, barriers in friendship, social and relationship rules, self-confidence and shyness, saying no, compliments and complaints. This book contains much excellent material which would help many unconfident and wary teenagers.

Youthwork

A truly amazing book. This book is formatted in a style to be used as sessions to help young people learn about social skills. Easy to follow and in about 1 hour various social skills can be worked on as a group. A real must-have-book for those who want to see our children mature successfully.

adders.org

This book is written to assist leaders teaching in life skills groups. It has three main teaching areas, friendship, social skills and assertion, 24 sessions and a brief section at the end on counselling including when professional help is appropriate. The book is well defined with clearly defined sessions and leaders notes. It is easy to read especially as a planning tool. This book is well set out with some pages, which can be photocopied for use within the group, Each teaching area could be used alone...This book would be a useful resource for a department especially if life skills/assertion courses are being set up for the first time.

OTPLD

The course is divided into three parts: part one deals with the nature and maintenance of friendship; part two with interpersonal social skills; part three with assertiveness -and believe it or not - 'counselling'. The aim here is not to produce young amateur counsellors so much as to foster the attainment of a deeper, more meaningful level of communication and support in personal relationships.

Counselling

Presents a course in social skills training for students age 16 and up, especially those with mild learning difficulties. Contains a series of lessons accompanied by teacher sheets, and examples of scenarios which students are encouraged to act out and discuss. There are also role plays and student help sheets, which develop areas covered in lessons. Issues covered include friends and relationships, self-confidence, and assertiveness. The author is a houseparent in a residential school for ages 16-20. Lacks a subject index. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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