Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success

by Stephen Nowicki, Marshall P. Duke, Elisabeth A. Martin

Help your child master the language of nonverbal communication.
Do you know what nonverbal language is? Even if you can't define it, you speak it every day through your postures, gestures, facial expressions, and tone of voice, and you must constantly read these same signals from others. In fact, nonverbal messages can carry up to 90% of the meaning of human interaction and contribute significantly to social, academic, and professional success.
Yet even though we recognize the importance of nonverbal communication, we have generally left the teaching of this essential language to chance. Now parents and teachers can help children develop nonverbal skills so that they will be able to communicate more effectively and to interact with others more successfully.
In Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success, clinical psychologists Marshall Duke and Stephen Nowicki and educator Elixabeth Martin describe and explain the methods and rules of nonverbal communication. Together they have created an easy-to-use guide which offers definitions and techniques for assessing a child's strengths and weaknesses in this unspoken realm, as well as case studies, illustrations, and exercises for teaching or improving nonverbal skills at home or in the classroom.

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction

181 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

Stephen Nowicki Jr., PhD, is the author of over 150 publications and presentations and the coauthor of several books. He received his PhD from Purdue University and lives in Georgia.

Reviews

[Bettyjo · Rating 5 out of 5]

My school psychologist friend recommended this book to me (among others 😂) and I love this book for what it is supposed to be. Helping us neurotypical people teach social skills and rules to help our neurodiverse students. They have step by step lesson plans laid out. 👍

[bup · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know what I was expecting from this book, but it was so bland I couldn't process the words on the page. I had to keep rereading sentences to get simple, simple concepts.

Nothing in here struck me as earth-shatteringly insightful. If I had to come up with methods and games to teach kids about non-verbal communication, it'd be pretty much the same stuff they came up with. Or you would probably come up with.

[KathKall · Rating 5 out of 5]

The purpose of this book is to teach nonverbal language in an easy to understand manner so that adults can in turn help children to develop good social skills. As a therapist and a parent, I found it very helpful.