Getting from Me to We: How to Help Young Children Fit in and Make Friends Paperback - 2015

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Children who struggle to make friends easily, including many kids with autism, ADHD, anxiety, language delays, or behavior issuesfind themselves perpetually on the sidelines, in timeout, or ignored by their peers in school and on the playground. The good news is that there is much parents can do to encourage and improve their child's social skills development. In the new book Getting from Me to We, parents learn about the common root causes of these issues, which take hold at a very young age, and the foundational social skills that are necessary to form connections and friendships in childhood. To begin the process parents need to: Identify where their child is on the social skills ladder Set goals to fill in those gaps Support their child during play Identify play behaviors that hinder or help Model good social skills and cues Getting From Me to We is written by a speech-language pathologist with twenty ears of experience working with socially at-risk kids. She includes helpful profiles of children illustrating a wide variety of characteristics and behaviors that lead to social isolation, along with effective, well-designed activities that encourage joint attention, eye contact, and social interaction. Using these methods, kids improve their social I.Q. and begin to develop connections and bonds with their peers