Talkabout for children : developing self awareness and self esteem

Introduction|Initial assessment|TALKABOUT ME|Topic 1 This is me!|Topic 2 People in my life|Topic 3 The way I look|Topic 4 What am I like?|Topic 5 My qualities and strengths|Topic 6 Things that make me feel good|Topic 7 The way I feel|Topic 8 I am great|Group cohesion activties|Plan of intervention|Forms|Index

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"TALKABOUT for Children is a practical resource to help teachers or therapists to develop self awareness and self esteem in children. It has been particularly aimed at primary school children (aged 4-11) or children with special needs (aged 5-16). [This book] is a stand-alone resource with a year's worth of activities to develop self awareness and self esteem. It has 40 activities to make up and play with children, and has been successfully piloted in the UK and Australia." - INTRODUCTION

Designed specifically for young children (aged 4 and above) or children with special needs (aged 5-16).

The book includes over 40 activities to develop self awareness and self esteem, a CD with colour versions of the activities to print out and use, a year’s teaching plan to help teachers incorporate groups into the school curriculum, a short introduction to working with children with low self esteem and social skills difficulties, a short assessment of self awareness and self esteem, 25 group cohesion activities to use within groups and forms and evaluation sheets to help with the smooth running of groups.

This resource has already been piloted internationally and has proved to be very popular with teachers, therapists and children.