UBC Press People Skills for Young Adults book Paperback 192 pages

People Skills for Young Adults is a complete course in social skills training for students in their teens, and is particularly appropriate for those with mild learning difficulties. The book is practical in emphasis, and comprises a series of sessions accompanied by leader sheets. Examples of scenarios are given, and students are encouraged to act them out and discuss the issues raised in them. There are also role plays and student help sheets, which develop the areas covered in the sessions. The areas include:friends and relationshipspersonal developmentself-confidence and shynessassertivenesscounselling and listening skills.Full guidance and practical suggestions are included, so that leaders do not require any previous experience of teaching this subject.

Marianna Cscti has taught in the London Borough of Brent. She began writing for personal, social and health education when she moved to Wales; and has had three packs of Contentious Issues published for use in schools, as well as the book, Assertiveness for Young Adults. At present she is a houseparent in a residential international sixth-form college.