Friendship 101

By Juliet E. Hart Barnett, Kelly J. Whalon

Subjects: Social skills in children, Social learning, Children, Affective education, Social networks, Handbooks, manuals

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.