Learning About Friendship

Author: Kay Al-Ghani
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857003488
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Making friends can be a challenge for all children, but those with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) can struggle more than most. This collection of ten fully-illustrated stories explores friendship issues encountered by children with ASD aged four to eight and looks at how they can be overcome successfully. Key problem areas are addressed, including sharing, taking turns, being a tattletale, obsessions, winning and losing, jealousy, personal space, tact and diplomacy, and defining friendship. The lively and entertaining stories depersonalize issues, allowing children to see situations from the perspective of others and enabling them to recognize themselves in the characters. This opens the door to discussion, which in turn leads to useful insight and strategies they can practise and implement in the future. Each story has a separate introduction for adults which explains the main strategies within it. This book will be a valuable resource for all parents and teachers of children with ASD, along with their friends and families, and anybody else looking to help children on the spectrum to understand, make and maintain friendships.

Be a Friend

Author: Regina G. Burch
Publisher: Creative Teaching Press
ISBN: 9781574718270
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
Focuses on and teaches positive peer interaction by using motivational readers to teach children the importance of character-building values, while promoting beginning reading skills and strategies.

The Little Book of Friendship

Author: Zack Bush
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735966595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Friendships are like flowers. If you take care of them, they grow and bloom until you have a beautiful garden! The Little Book of Friendship shows young readers what they need to know to make a friend and to be one too.

Friend-ish

Author: Kelly Needham
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400213525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
For so many of us, our friends are like family members--we lean on them through our highest highs and our lowest lows--but sometimes those friendships don't turn out quite as we hoped. Bible teacher Kelly Needham debunks our world's constricted, narrow view of friendship and casts a richer, more life-giving, biblical vision for friendship. In Friend-ish, Kelly Needham reminds us that we were called to more than halfhearted friendships and lukewarm connections. We need something more stable, secure, and sacred. We were designed for real friendship--but the difficult truth is that too many of us are settling for less. Kelly deconstructs what Scripture says about the gift of friendship and takes a closer look at the distorted view that most of us have instead. As she shares the lessons she's learned from experience, Kelly paints her own glorious vision of what Christian friendship could look like. With hard-fought wisdom, a clear view of Scripture, and a been-there perspective, Friend-ish teaches us how to: Recognize symptoms of idolatry and toxic dependency Boldly ask for what we need from our community of friends Understand and address the problems that arise in friendship--from neediness to discord Recognize when it's time to end an unhealthy friendship Reorient toward the purposeful, loving relationships we all crave that ultimately bring us closer to God Find the friends you need and start to become that friend for others Join Kelly as she challenges you to view your chosen family in a new light, gain a vision of friendship according to Jesus, and finally enjoy friendships as God intended.

Let's be Friends

Author: Lawrence E. Shapiro
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1572246103
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Presents forty activities designed to help children build better social skills, make friends, learn to adapt to changing relationships, cope with rejection and disappointment, and find deep and lasting friendships.

My New Friend Is So Fun! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423179580
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In My New Friend Is So Fun!, Piggie has found a new friend! But is Gerald ready to share?

Growing Friendships

Author: Eileen Kennedy-Moore
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582705887
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
From psychologist and children's friendships expert Eileen Kennedy-Moore and parenting and health writer Christine McLaughlin comes a social development primer that gives kids the answers they need to make and keep friends. Friendship is complicated for kids. Almost every child struggles socially at some time, in some way. Having an argument with a friend, getting teased, or even trying to find a buddy in a new classroom...although these are typical problems, they can be very painful. And friendships are never about just one thing. With research-based practical solutions and plenty of true-to-life examples--presented in more than 200 lighthearted cartoons--Growing Friendships is a toolkit for both girls and boys as they make sense of the social order around them. Children everywhere want to fit in with a group, resist peer pressure, and be good sports--but even the most socially adept children struggle at times. But after reading this highly illustrated guide on their own or with a caring adult, kids everywhere will be well equipped to face any friendship challenges that come their way.

The Push

Author: Patrick Gray
Publisher: Tyndale Kids
ISBN: 1496428803
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19

Book Description
When Marcus moved next door to John, they instantly knew they'd be friends. Now John and Marcus do almost everything together, with Marcus pushing John's wheelchair and John fueling their escapades with jokes. Through their friendship, the boys discover that their unique gifts make them stronger together. Full color.

My Friend Rabbit

Author: Eric Rohmann
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1466812311
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Rabbit saves the day in a most ingeneous way. When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a brand-new picture book about friends and toys and trouble, illustrated in robust, expressive prints. My Friend Rabbit is the winner of the 2003 Caldecott Medal.

A Rainbow of Friends

Author: P.K. Hallinan
Publisher: WorthyKids
ISBN: 9780824916725
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Friends come in all shapes, sizes, and colors; they can be funny or serious, musical or athletic, outgoing or quiet. In A Rainbow of Friends, P. K. Hallinan reminds children to celebrate their differences, because those are what make each of us so special. Through colorful illustrations and upbeat verse, Hallinan shows that when we celebrate the uniqueness of others, our lives are enriched and the world is a better place for all.