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Social Skills Essentials Collection — Build real conversation skills through play

Ages 8+ Active Listening Social Skills Home / Therapy / School
  • Chat Chains Base Game
  • Chat Chains Expansion Pack
  • Dive In
  • Feelings and Coping Skills Posters 12-Pack
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Social Skills Essentials Collection — Build real conversation skills through play

Ages 8+ Active Listening Social Skills Home / Therapy / School

The Social Skills Essentials Collection combines three conversation games and a 12-poster SEL set into one toolkit, covering conversation starters, active listening, follow-up questions, and core SEL concepts.

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  • Developed by psychologists

"We know that families and providers are always looking for resources to help them teach kids social skills. We created this collection to help equip them with tools to start working on these important life skills."

— Dr. Anton & Dr. Rebecca, ThinkPsych founders

How to use

  • At Home
  • In Therapy
  • In the Classroom

Use Chat Chains for daily 15-minute conversation practice. Add Dive In when you want more variety or a quicker game. Bring in the Expansion Pack any time you want more topics to draw from.

Hang the posters in a visible spot to keep social-emotional vocabulary present even when you're not actively playing.

Use Chat Chains in individual or group sessions for structured turn-taking and conversation practice. Rotate in Dive In for variety, and add the Expansion Pack for more topics and its sidebar listening challenges.

The posters keep social-emotional concepts visible throughout every session and reinforce the vocabulary kids are building through the games.

Rotate Chat Chains and Dive In across morning meetings, SEL centers, and brain breaks for ongoing social skills practice throughout the school week. Add the Expansion Pack for more topics and variety.

The 12-Pack Posters give your classroom a complete SEL visual environment that supports the skills kids are building through the games.

FAQ

What's included?

The Social Skills Essentials Collection includes four products: Chat Chains, the Chat Chains Expansion Pack, Dive In, and a 12-Pack Bilingual SEL Posters set.

What ages is this for?

The Social Skills Essentials Collection is designed for ages 8 and up. Chat Chains, the Expansion Pack, and Dive In all work well from age 8 through adulthood. The SEL posters are geared towards elementary and middle school age students.

Where should I start with the collection?

Start with Dive In, the simplest of the three games, to get players talking right away. Bring in Chat Chains for more structured turn-taking and conversation skill practice, and add the Expansion Pack any time you want more topics. Hang the posters from day one so the vocabulary stays visible.

How do the three conversation games complement each other?

Dive In is the simplest of the three: players roll dice to build conversation topics, which keeps things light and easy to jump into. Chat Chains goes deeper, using a visible conversation chain to teach structured back-and-forth like asking follow-up questions and active listening. The Expansion Pack adds more topics and a sidebar listening mechanic. Together they give players an easy entry point plus room to build richer conversation skills.

Can this be used for children with autism or social anxiety?

Yes. Chat Chains and Dive In were both designed with neurodivergent children and socially anxious kids in mind. The structured formats reduce the open-ended ambiguity that is most challenging for these populations and provide a predictable, low-pressure context for practicing social skills.

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