Thinking Skills Workbook
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Jonathan Hussey & Jo Richardson · Probation Workbook Series · Bennion Kearny, 2013
Author connection: Jonathan Hussey, who runs this site, co-authored this book with Jo Richardson. This overview is based on the publisher’s description on Amazon.
At a glance
The verdict: A useful starting point for structured thinking-skills sessions with an emphasis on everyday life.
Who it’s for: Practitioners working individually or in small groups with adults and young people aged 15 and over.
Key themes: Thinking patterns · Behaviour and choices · Applying learning
Book overview
A useful conversation about behaviour needs to connect with what happens outside the interview room. That is the central appeal of Thinking Skills Workbook: the publisher describes exercises that help practitioners explore thinking patterns and skills linked to offending and antisocial behaviour, while keeping everyday life in view.
Jonathan Hussey and Jo Richardson designed the material for adults and young people aged 15 and over. The description identifies both individual work and small groups, with scope to adapt activities to different learning styles.
The emphasis on transferring learning into daily situations gives the book a clear practical purpose. It offers a way into discussing how a person thinks through situations and how that thinking may affect their choices. The value for a practitioner lies in having a structure for those conversations.
This is a workbook to consider when planning focused thinking-skills sessions. As with any exercise-based resource, choosing relevant activities and following up what the person takes from them matters more than simply completing pages.
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