The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond

In 2001, based on the success of the Social Skills Training Project, Dr. Baker wrote The Social Skills Picture Book, designed for young children with social challenges. The positive response from parents and teachers was overwhelming.

Now, in response to the deluge of requests from parents with children in their teens, here is Dr. Baker’s long-awaited book, specifically geared toward older students.

The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond offers:

· A visual learning format

Photos of actual students engaging in a wide variety of social situations show, rather than tell, the right (and wrong) ways to interact in different circumstances. Most significantly, they visually illustrate the positive and negative consequences of both ways of interacting.

· A way for students & families to create their own Social Skills booklets

Students are encouraged to use photographs of themselves to create a booklet for each skill they learn. (The booklets can later be combined into a “book,” if desired.) This is a creative, exciting way to personalize each skill as they learn it, and has the further advantage of making performance of the skills more concrete. These booklets can also serve as a reference, should skills need to be refreshed in the future.

· Real-life situations that are important to teens, such as: Making new friends, Asking questions in class, Saying hello and goodbye, Making supportive statements, Interrupting a conversation, Respecting each other’s space, Giving class presentations, Doing difficult schoolwork, Forbidden topics, Working as part of a group, Asking someone out on a date, Interviewing for a job, Asking for help when needed, Making mistakes and much, much more! ISBN: 1932565353, By Jed Baker