Sociale Vaardigheden Prentenboek voor de Middelbare School en Verder door Jed Baker

The color photos of real students demonstrating each skill made things click for my daughter in a way that paragraphs of text never did. She's 18 and on the spectrum, and we've been working through one scenario a week at the dinner table. The visual format just removes so much of the guesswork.

My son is 16 and finally has something that shows him what to do instead of just telling him. The photos of real high schoolers acting out each skill make it click for him in a way conversation never did. We keep it on the kitchen table and flip to a page before he heads out the door.

The color photos really do the heavy lifting here—my teenager can actually see what a conversation or group project looks like before trying it himself. It’s the first social skills book that doesn’t feel like a lecture, and the high school scenarios are specific enough that he’s started referencing