Social Skills and the Speech Impaired

This book covers the specific problems faced by the speech impaired in dealing with social aspects of communication, and the information and exercises in the book will provide the basis from which therapists can develop their own creative solutions for teaching social skills to the speech impaired. The major part of the book deals with the concept of social skills training, the role of the therapist, assessment planning and follow-up; the remainder consists of exercises to be carried out by the therapist for patients with specific deficiencies. This second edition has been fully revised and updated to take account of recent developments in the field.