ColorCards®: Skills for Daily Living:

· These three sets of specially-commissioned illustrated cards are intended to promote discussion about the activities and behaviours being shown.
· The cards depict people of all ages participating in familiar, everyday situations.
· Ideal for a range of clients including adolescents and adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, people with learning disabilities and those recovering from head injury or a stroke.

They include: Social Behaviour, Personal Safety and Personal Relationships

	Social Behaviour
These specially commissioned full-colour illustrations show a variety of familiar situations and activities that depend on the awareness of acceptable social behaviour for everyone present to feel at ease. · Some cards show a good understanding of social skills, while others show a poor understanding by one or more people. · On each card, the detailed illustrations show the venue, the activity taking place, the particular behaviour of one or more people, and the effect of this behaviour on others. · The cards also clearly show non-verbal communication such as posture, gesture, facial expression, respecting personal space and appearance. "Suitable for use with older children and adults who require intervention in the area of appropriate social behaviour ... the content is good, representing a wide variety of different situations and scenarios, and the pictures form a useful basis for discussion with individuals and groups." RCSLT Bulletin
Contents 1 Three people are enjoying a conversation, but leaving out one person 2 Two women are whispering together and glancing at the third woman in front of them 3 A member of a group is making introductions 4 A girl is laughing loudly 5 Mourners are dressed sombrely at a funeral. One girl is inappropriately dressed 6 A bar worker is checking some paperwork very close to a co-worker 7 A child is giving up her seat to a man 8 Two boys are making faces at a boy in a wheelchair 9 A girl is talking so animatedly that she spills her drink onto a man sitting close by 10 The doctor is busy writing her notes as a patient comes through the door 11 Two men are walking together. A sighted man guides a blind man 12 A girl is listening to her personal stereo which upsets her neighbour 13 A young shopper is unable to take her turn because a woman is giving her order first 14 A boy is leaving the bathroom untidy and wet as a girl enters 15 A girl is smoking so that smoke is drifting across to a family sitting close by 16 A man is holding the door open for a woman to enter the building 17 Two children are picking flowers and looking around furtively 18 A man is taking up a vacant seat with his luggage. Other passengers 19 The girl has served the customer with a cold drink and now she is 20 A man is using his mobile phone while the children are performing 21 A nurse is patting the head of a patient 22 One student is passing a note to another during an exam 23 Dinner guests arrive carrying a bottle of wine	24 Two people are waiting to be served. The assistant is talking on the telephone 25 People are queuing at the buffet to help themselves to food. 26 A man is lighting a bonfire as a neighbour hangs out her washing 27 Although there is a bin, young people have left food packaging on the pavement 28 A delivery man is handing some special flowers to a woman 29 Three men are leering at a young woman 30 Able-bodied children are running out into the playground, leaving a child in a wheelchair behind 31 The doorman is sheltering departing guests from the rain 32 Young people are enjoying a noisy party but disturbing the couple next door 33 A young man is giving directions to tourists 34 Two girls are chewing gum and looking at a man who has noticed that gum has stuck to his shoes 35 A boy is splashing other swimmers 36 A steward is leading children towards their waiting parents 37 The teacher is being disturbed by noisy pupils as she writes on the board 38 Large boys are pushing younger pupils about 39 A man is emptying his ashtray onto the ground 40 A girl is giving food to a homeless man 41 At the end of a meal, the group of diners leave the clearing up to one person 42 Three nurses are laughing at a cartoon of a gay person on the notice board. The man in the doorway looks offended 43 An assistant is bringing a chair and coffee to an older customer 44 A woman is feeding her dog from her plate

	Personal Safety
The second in the Skills for Daily Living series, this set is designed to help students identify and discuss health and safety issues. · The full-colour illustrations show a variety of situations in which people are at risk, either through their own behaviour or that of others. · Each card clearly shows the activity creating the risk and users can be encouraged to discuss the reasons for this risk and ways of avoiding it, making the pack a valuable resource for teachers, therapists and others working with individuals and groups who do not fully appreciate risk and safety. · Images include people of all ages and from a range of ethnic backgrounds. "This set of cards did engender some useful discussions among all the students, as well as testing their powers of observation. They were able to relate some of the situations to their own life experiences, hence these cards could form a useful resource to support the teaching of personal safety issues as part of the PSHE curriculum with pupils of a wide age and ability range." Special!
Contents 1.Driving a car with children fighting in the back 2.Wearing unsuitable clothes for hill walking 3.Young people smoking 4.Travelling on an escalator with a baby in a stroller 5.Overloading an overhead luggage rack 6.Playing on a building site 7.An unhygienic kitchen 8.Crossing the road in moving traffic 9.A visible wallet in a back pocket 10.A cluttered fire exit in a public place 11.Buying and selling drugs 12.Approaching a stranger in a car 13.Tangled and trailing electric cables 14.Tipping rubbish overboard 15.Playing in the road 16.Leaving valuables on display 17.Playing with fireworks 18.Using a sharp knife unsafely 19.Creating a hazard on a pavement 20.Playing near chemicals and poisons 21.Leaving the toilet without washing hands	22.Driving too close to a horse and rider 23.Overloading electrical sockets 24.Wearing non-protective clothes on a moped 25.Poor monitoring of a hot and smoking frying pan 26.Drink driving 27.Sitting very near to a TV screen 28.Poor supervision of a child playing at the edge of a pool 29.Driving with passengers seated precariously 30.Hazardous loading of van 31.Cleaning materials in a public place 32.Sunbathing without protection 33.Skateboarding in a shopping precinct 34.Travelling in a bus without seatbelts 35.Drinking water directly from a stream 36.Prolonged playing with a computer 37.Wearing dark clothes at night 38.Using a ladder unsafely 39.Using a cash dispenser on own and at night 40.Mowing close to an electric cable 41.Child unsupervised in a supermarket 42.Entering a lift with strangers 43.Lazing indoors and overeating 44.Cycling in a pedestrian area

Personal Safety

The second in the Skills for Daily Living series, this set is designed to help students identify and discuss health and safety issues.

· The full-colour illustrations show a variety of situations in which people are at risk, either through their own behaviour or that of others.
· Each card clearly shows the activity creating the risk and users can be encouraged to discuss the reasons for this risk and ways of avoiding it, making the pack a valuable resource for teachers, therapists and others working with individuals and groups who do not fully appreciate risk and safety.
· Images include people of all ages and from a range of ethnic backgrounds.

"This set of cards did engender some useful discussions among all the students, as well as testing their powers of observation. They were able to relate some of the situations to their own life experiences, hence these cards could form a useful resource to support the teaching of personal safety issues as part of the PSHE curriculum with pupils of a wide age and ability range." Special!

Contents

1.Driving a car with children fighting in the back
2.Wearing unsuitable clothes for hill walking
3.Young people smoking
4.Travelling on an escalator with a baby in a stroller
5.Overloading an overhead luggage rack
6.Playing on a building site
7.An unhygienic kitchen
8.Crossing the road in moving traffic
9.A visible wallet in a back pocket
10.A cluttered fire exit in a public place
11.Buying and selling drugs
12.Approaching a stranger in a car
13.Tangled and trailing electric cables
14.Tipping rubbish overboard
15.Playing in the road
16.Leaving valuables on display
17.Playing with fireworks
18.Using a sharp knife unsafely
19.Creating a hazard on a pavement
20.Playing near chemicals and poisons
21.Leaving the toilet without washing hands

22.Driving too close to a horse and rider
23.Overloading electrical sockets
24.Wearing non-protective clothes on a moped
25.Poor monitoring of a hot and smoking frying pan
26.Drink driving
27.Sitting very near to a TV screen
28.Poor supervision of a child playing at the edge of a pool
29.Driving with passengers seated precariously
30.Hazardous loading of van
31.Cleaning materials in a public place
32.Sunbathing without protection
33.Skateboarding in a shopping precinct
34.Travelling in a bus without seatbelts
35.Drinking water directly from a stream
36.Prolonged playing with a computer
37.Wearing dark clothes at night
38.Using a ladder unsafely
39.Using a cash dispenser on own and at night
40.Mowing close to an electric cable
41.Child unsupervised in a supermarket
42.Entering a lift with strangers
43.Lazing indoors and overeating
44.Cycling in a pedestrian area

Personal Relationships

Designed to help students understand and discuss personal relationships, this illustrated set shows different kinds of relationships and also the progression of attachments from initial meeting to sexual activity.

· The set features the full range of relationships from parental and familial, through professional (boss and employee) and friendship, to same-sex and both-sex meeting, dating and having sex.
· The 48 illustrations feature people of all ages (from baby to older person) and from a range of ethnic backgrounds.
· Unlike photographic images, these lifelike computer-generated illustrations will enable all students to generalise the situations and will be helpful for adolescents and adults with learning disabilities or Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Contents

1. Father and baby.
2. Mother and baby.
3. Man and child.
4. Woman and child.
5. Siblings.
6. Grandparents and grandchildren.
7. Family group.
8. Single parent family group (father and children).
9. Single parent family group (mother and child).
10. School friends.
11. Teenager group of friends.
12. Adult group of friends.
13. Older adults group of friends.
14. Teacher and pupil.
15. Nurse and patient.
16. Doctor and patient.
17. Boy and girl being introduced.
18. Boy and girl meeting.
19. Boy and girl holding hands - dating.
20. Boy and girl kissing.
21. Man and woman being introduced.
22. Man and woman meeting.
23. Man and woman holding hands - dating.

24. Man and woman in restaurant - dating.
25. Man and woman hugging intimately.
26. Man and woman kissing.
27. Man and woman touching intimately.
28. Man and woman having sexual intercourse.
29. Man and woman co-habiting.
30. Two women meeting.
31. Two women in bar - dating.
32. Two women holding hands - dating.
33. Two women hugging intimately.
34. Two women kissing.
35. Two women touching each other.
36. Two women having sexual intercourse.
37. Two women co-habiting.
38. Two men meeting.
39. Two men holding hands - dating.
40. Two men in restaurant - dating.
41. Two men hugging intimately.
42. Two men kissing.
43. Two men touching each other.
44. Two men having sexual intercourse.
45. Two men co-habiting.
46. Older man and woman touching intimately.
47. Older man and woman having sexual intercourse.
48. Older man and woman co-habiting

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ColorCards®: Skills for Daily Living:

Social Behaviour

Personal Safety

Personal Relationships

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