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Talkabout board game : developing self-esteem, social skills and friendship skills

By: Kelly, Alex.
Contributor(s): Sains, Brian.
London : Speechmark : 2011Description: 1 Box, 42 cm x 24 cm containing game elements Booklet, 8 pages Instructions.Subject(s): SELF ESTEEM | SOCIAL SKILLS | FRIENDSHIPS | ASSERTIVENESS | BODY LANGUAGE | CONVERSATION SKILLS | EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Contents:
1. Board. 2. Booklet: Talkabout Game Instructions 3. 20 Level 1 Cards (Yellow - Self Esteem) 4. 20 Level 2 Cards (Blue - Body Language) 5. 20 Level 3 Cards (Green - Conversational Skills) 6. 20 Level 4 Cards (Pink - Friendship) 7. 20 Level 5 Cards (Orange - Assertiveness) 8. 10 Chance Cards (Red) 9-14. Players ( Eddie, Frankie, George, Marty, Harry, Sam) 15. Dice
Summary: "This board game has been designed to support work on social communication skills, self esteem and friendship skills. The Talkabout board game is a journey through the week where a player will encounter a number of different social skills tasks that need to be completed in order to get to the end of the week. The purpose of the game is to work together. There is therefore no winner. Once a player has got to the middle of the board, their role is to help the others to get there too. The game can be played at 6 different levels by using the different colour coded packs to work on different skills: Self awareness and self esteem, Body language, Conversational skills, Friendship skills, and Assertiveness skills." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
List(s) this item appears in: Social skills. July 2018 F | Talkabout Sept 2019 | Healthy relationships for all ages May 2022 | Games and activity cards for teens. May 2023. CM
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Game IHC Library Main Collection 410.3 KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available W004741
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1. Board.
2. Booklet: Talkabout Game Instructions
3. 20 Level 1 Cards (Yellow - Self Esteem)
4. 20 Level 2 Cards (Blue - Body Language)
5. 20 Level 3 Cards (Green - Conversational Skills)
6. 20 Level 4 Cards (Pink - Friendship)
7. 20 Level 5 Cards (Orange - Assertiveness)
8. 10 Chance Cards (Red)
9-14. Players ( Eddie, Frankie, George, Marty, Harry, Sam)
15. Dice

"This board game has been designed to support work on social communication skills, self esteem and friendship skills. The Talkabout board game is a journey through the week where a player will encounter a number of different social skills tasks that need to be completed in order to get to the end of the week.
The purpose of the game is to work together. There is therefore no winner. Once a player has got to the middle of the board, their role is to help the others to get there too. The game can be played at 6 different levels by using the different colour coded packs to work on different skills: Self awareness and self esteem, Body language, Conversational skills, Friendship skills,
and Assertiveness skills." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE

Patron comment on 12/11/2020

Great game. Made such a difference for the student. He was very proud of himself when he used some of the skills.

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