Cards – Let’s Talk About… Social Skills

Description

Written by a team of best-selling authors, this card series is designed to enhance mental health and well-being by acknowledging that “it’s good to talk”. It encourages discussion about specific areas such as: resilience, mindfulness, anxiety, anger & aggression, social skills and problem solving. Each set covers five carefully chosen topics, with ten thought-provoking cards per topic.

The five areas covered in the Social Skills set are:

• Communication input and output
• Relationships
• Building up or tearing down?
• Impulse control
• Empathy

Use these cards with a wide range of groups and clients to:

• Ask non-threatening questions
• Encourage reflection leading to insight and modification of thoughts, feelings and actions
• Consider a scenario, quote or sentence on a particular card
• Allow participants to explore their effectiveness by rating themselves in a variety of critical life skills
• Encourage lively discussion and open conversation in a group
• Encourage group collaboration in answering difficult questions
• Allow participants to explore important attitudes and personal experiences in a safe setting
• Introduce activities and establish the perfect basis for writing diaries, creative expression, games, slogans, board activities, technology and other techniques.