ABSTRACT
The original TALKABOUT book was first published 20 years ago following a clinical study of social skills that I completed between 1991 and 1995. It was the first social skills package to give people a hierarchy to work through from self-awareness to assertiveness. Since then, my work in this field has developed and increased, and with this, so have the Talkabout products. Each Talkabout book is now aimed at a specific client group and has become more activity based with suggestions for games and activities for each topic. They are also more of a complete intervention package for teachers and therapists to use, including a scheme of work to follow throughout an academic year.
