Understanding Others: Teaching Theory of Mind Skills

For professionals teaching theory of mind skills to children with language and learning difficulties and with autism spectrum disorders, this is a practical, interactive teaching tool which helps children to understand other people's unique feelings, beliefs, desires and perspectives and how they influence behaviour.

Key features include: Engaging - 185 illustrated scenarios, accompanied by simple questions for children and prompts for practitioners; Interactive - each scenario-activity is supported by photocopiable cut-out answer pieces to make the activities even more engaging; Practical - written by an experienced practitioner who works in schools and designed to be easy for a wide range of educators, therapists and health professionals to use; Relevant - guidance and examples throughout help children to generalise the skills learnt and apply them to personal, real-life situations; and, Flexible - resources for both one-to-one and group sessions so that the activities are relevant in all settings. This invaluable resource offers unrivalled coverage of theory of mind topics including Visual perspective-taking; Knowledge based on experience; Emotions; Points of view; Imagination; Deception; Thought versus Speech; and Developing the link between context-thought-speech-emotion and behaviour.