Table of Contents

1. Social skills: an introduction 2, Body language 3. Eyes and faces 4. Listening and paralanguage 5. Starting and ending conversations 6. Maintaining a conversation 7. Assertiveness 8. Self-esteem 9. Friendship skills 10. The normal development of social skills 11. Autism Spectrum Disorder and social skills 12. Assessing social skills 13. Teaching social skills 1: different approaches and the four step plan to intervention 14. Teaching social skills 2: social skills interventions 15. Teaching social skills 3: developing social skills in schools 16. Teaching social skills 4: the role of parents 17. Evaluation: measuring the effectiveness of social skills interventions

About the Author

Alex Kelly is a speech and language therapist based near Southampton, UK. She runs two businesses, both based in Hampshire: Speaking Space Ltd offers speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to children and adults, training in all areas of communication, and a day service for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism. Alex Kelly Ltd offers training and consultancy in social skills. Alex is the author of the best-selling Talkabout books and lectures internationally on all aspects of social skills.