Friendship 101
Subtitle: helping students build social competence
By: Juliet E. Hart Barnett and Kelly J. Whalon, editors
Contributors: Council for Exceptional Children
Edition: First edition.
Series: DADD Prism series -- volume 8; DDD prism series -- v. 8.
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780865864900; 9780865864924
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Social learning; Affective education; Handbooks, manuals; Children; Social networks; Social skills in children
Other titles: Helping students build social competence
Description: Focuses on building social competence, friendship making, and recreation and leisure skills among students with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. Chapters address the needs of students in different developmental periods (from pre-K through young adulthood), providing teachers, parents, faculty and teacher educators with tools and strategies for enhancing the social skill development of these children and youth. Presented through an ecological perspective, together these chapters emphasize building social competence within and across school, home, and community contexts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Understanding social competence and its importance; title: Assessing social competence : a step-by-step approach; title: Let's play! teaching play skills to young children; title: Peer-mediated learning strategies; title: Employing teacher-mediated social skills strategies; title: Using embedded instruction to enhance social-emotional skills; title: Maximizing social competence through family and caregiver interventions; title: Developing effective peer networks; title: Let's hang out! facilitating meaningful recreation and leisure; title: Let's talk about sex : promoting healthy relationships and sexuality.