Bestselling author Patrick King brings you four of his acclaimed books in one volume - to enhance your relationships, revitalize your social life, relate to people better, and bring more overall joy to your life. Patrick King has thousands of 5-star reviews, many from mental health professionals and psychologists, praising his insight, approach, and actionable advice. Start your journey now and click BUY NOW. Book 1: The Science of Reading People: How to Understand What People Are Really Saying and Why - 10 factors that prevent us from perceiving someone, and how to prevent them - Actionable exercises for taking people's perspectives and stepping outside of your own head - Four personality types and how to categorize people in quick and easy ways - Understanding the four functions of behavior and how to spot them - Listening for specific word and linguistic choices Book 2: How to Speak Effectively: Influence, Engage, & Charm -A ladder of inference to use in any social interaction -Five types of communication tones and why you're using the wrong one -How to use your words like an artist with paint -Asking the right questions and methods for better listening -So-called trash words and how to eliminate them from your vocabulary -Getting through tough conversations with ease and grace Book 3: MASSIVE CHARISMA: Small Talk, Charm, Likability, and How to Succeed With People •How to demonstrate your value, confidence, and powerful presence. •How to tailor your communication and speak to individuals. •How to listen and validate effectively. •The top charisma mistakes people unknowingly commit. Book 4: Make Friends Easily: How to Charm and Connect in Record Time - Understand a 5-part friendship formula that you must use - Master "reciprocal curiosity" to unlock people - How to help people "think out loud" - A question framework that can work in any situation - The rule of 3 in conversations

Focuses on teaching social skills to the student who displays excesses in noncompliance and aggression and deficits in self-management.

Alex Kelly’s internationally renowned Talkabout books are a series of practical workbooks designed to develop the self-awareness, self-esteem and social skills of people with special needs. This core manual in the Talkabout series provides fully adaptable session plans, activities and games to focus on four key areas of social skills: Body Language, The Way We Talk, Conversations and Assertiveness. Now in its second edition, this revised version of the Talkabout manual has been edited for US professionals, with a foreword by Nancy Tarshis and Debbie Meringolo (Altogether Social LLC, New York). Contents includes: A social skills assessment and intervention planning tool to help identify the individual needs of each client or group Over 60 structured activities, with a focus on body language, paralinguistic features, conversation and assertiveness 25 group cohesion activities to help facilitate productive group sessions Suitable for Speech and Language Pathologists, Teachers, Social Workers, Child Psychologists and School Counsellors, the photocopiable resources within this volume are suitable for use with children, adolescents and adults in small groups or individually.

The Communications Toolkit contains practical advice, tips and strategies to enable learners to develop the communication skills needed to be successful students. The text helps students make a successful transition to tertiary studies, develop effective research skills for their discipline, approach academic writing with confidence, refine their writing skills, and enhance their face-to-face communication experience. This fifth edition includes more information than ever on academic integrity and referencing, while taking into account the changing nature of university communication including new information on recent text-types such as blogs, twitter, digital articles, online research questionnaires, presentation formats and Turn-it-in. As students are increasingly studying online, additional examples of online students’ communication work and additional coverage of the communication challenges students face when going to university via an online channel are included. The direct, inclusive, motivational and student-friendly text addresses both individual students and those working in seminar or workshop groups, and provides activities for both types of student throughout the book. The new MindTap offers students resources for learning and revision, making this the strongest communications textbook in the market today. Learn more about the online tools au.cengage.com/mindtap

Equipping students with skills is the best way to give them a head-start into the future. The New Zealand Curriculum recognises that all students should have the opportunity to develop essential skills. The great feature of skills is that they are self-perpetuating. Mastery of one skill leads to confidence in another skill and so on.

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. 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, and all the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the sessions.

Develop emotional intelligence and strengthen social emotional skills in adolescents with this practical, hands-on resource. Helping students develop emotional intelligence (EQ) and social emotional skills is essential to preparing them for success in college, careers, and adult life. This practical resource for educators explains what emotional intelligence is and why it’s important for all students. Boost Emotional Intelligence in Students lays out detailed yet flexible guidelines for teaching fundamental EQ and social emotional skills in an intentional and focused way. The book is split into three modules, which correspond to three main skill areas: Self-awareness and self-management Social awareness and relationship skills Responsible decision-making and problem-solving Each module features ten hands-on, research-based lessons, which are focused on a critical EQ concept and centered around productive and respectful discussion. All lessons are designed to take approximately 35 minutes each but can easily be adapted to meet the specific needs of a school or group as they work to develop emotional intelligence and social emotional skills in their students. Digital content includes reproducible forms to use with students.

Searching Skills Toolkit is an expert guide to help you find the clinical evidence you need more easily and effectively. Clearly presented with useful tips and advice, flow charts, diagrams and real-life clinical scenarios, it shows the best methods for finding quality evidence. From deciding where to start, to building a search strategy, refining results and critical appraisal, it is a step-by-step guide to the process of finding healthcare evidence, and is designed for use by all health and social care professionals. This second edition has been expanded with new chapters on searching for sources to support evidence-based management decision making and how to better enable your patients to make informed choices. It has also been fully updated to include new web sources, open source reference management software, and new training resources and exercises. Searching Skills Toolkit is an ideal reference for doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, managers and decision makers, researchers and students.

This comprehensive and accessible guide contains everything that needs to be known in order to set up and run a Minecraft® Social Group for children with autism spectrum disorders. Minecraft®, often described as 'digital Lego', provides an ideal forum to help children with autism and related conditions to develop social and communication skills. This book offers guidance on how to use the game to support the learning of social and emotional concepts such as having a conversation, showing interest in others and understanding another person's point of view. With over 150 pages of photocopiable and downloadable session plans, visuals and handouts, this manual is essential reading for professionals working with autism who are interested in introducing Minecraft® to support social skill development in their students.

"Created by a seasoned educator with three decades of experience, this engaging, research-supported guidebook is filled with classroom-tested tips and techniques that help any teacher make SEL an integral part of each school day. You will learn how to design effective classroom environments and lessons with easy-to-implement, inclusive SEL supports for every student, whether they have ongoing behavior and learning challenges or just need a little extra help. With engaging and unique strategies and numerous online printable tools and worksheets, you'll help your students reduce acting-out behaviors, strengthen relationships, and develop critical skills like self-discipline and empathy"--