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.