Description

In this talk, Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore offers practical guidance for parents who want to help their children develop meaningful friendships. While parents can’t make friends for their children, they can play a key role in helping them build the social and emotional skills needed to foster caring and enjoyable connections. This presentation shares a dozen actionable ideas for supporting children who are struggling to make or maintain friends.

Learning Objectives

A. To recognize examples of stop signals and techniques to help children stop.

B. To know strategies children can use to signal openness to friendship.

C. To understand some helpful ways parents can respond when children are upset about a lack of friendships.

Related Content Links

Friendships and Mental Health: Insights from the OxWell Student Survey
UCLA PEERS: The Science of Making Friends for Youth with ASD