Book description
A systematic plan for parents to help their kids acquire and sustain friendships
Every parent hopes their child will develop healthy and happy
friendships. However, most parents don't know what to do that will
encourage their child to be a friend and attract friends. The author
offers clear-cut friendship-making guidelines for parents and their
children. Some of the book's recommendations include: don't
over-schedule a child's time; guide children to participate in
"friend-attracting" activities; seek out friends in the
neighborhood.
- The author includes methods for dealing with bullying and
inappropriate friendships
- Offers clear guidance for helping children become a good friend
and attract lasting friendships for life
- Shows how to teach kids the social and emotional intelligence
skills they need to form friendships such as listening, empathy,
compassion, recreational conversation
- The book also includes techniques for teaching kids how to use
MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter in positive ways that will foster friendships.
Fred Frankel, Ph. D., is a professor of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA) and the director of the UCLA Parent Training and Children's
Friendship Programs. A coauthor of UCLA's acclaimed PEERS social
skills training program and the coauthor of Social Skills Success
for Students with Autism/Asperger's: Helping Adolescents onthe
Spectrum Fit In, he speaks regularly on the topic of autism and
social skills to professionals and parents alike. More information is
available at http://www. semel. ucla. edu/socialskills.
