The Science of Making Friends Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults

Laugeson, Elizabeth & John Elder Robison

ISBN 10: 1118127218 / ISBN 13: 9781118127216

Published by Jossey-Bass, 2013

About this Item

Minor wear. Includes a sealed disk. The pages are clean with no highlighting or writing detected. The DJ panels have a few marks, scratches or other blemishes and the edges, although mostly straight and crisp, have some crushed and folded sections. 30-day returns. ; 152.4 X 25.4 X 223.5 millimeters; 384 pages; R0 s0.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Science of Making Friends Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118127218
• ISBN 13: 9781118127216
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

The groundbreaking book that puts the focus on teens and young adults with social challenges

This book offers parents a step-by-step guide to making and keeping friends for teens and young adults with social challenges―such as those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, bipolar, or other conditions. With the book’s concrete rules and steps of social etiquette, parents will be able to assist in improving conversational skills, expanding social opportunities, and developing strategies for handling peer rejection.

Each chapter provides helpful overview information for parents; lessons with clear bulleted lists of key rules and steps; and expert advice on how to present the material to a teen or young adult. Throughout the book are role-playing exercises for practicing each skill, along with homework assignments to ensure the newly learned skills can be applied easily to a school, work, or other "real life" setting. Bonus content shows role-plays of skills covered, demonstrating the right and wrong way to enter conversations, schedule get-togethers, deal with conflict, and much more.

• PART ONE: GETTING READY
• Ch. 1: Why Teach Social Skills to Teens and Young Adults?

• PART TWO: THE SCIENCE OF DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING FRIENDSHIPS
• Ch. 2: Finding and Choosing Good Friends
• Ch. 3: Good Conversations: The Basics
• Ch. 4: Starting and Entering Conversations
• Ch. 5: Exiting Conversations
• Ch. 6: Managing Electronic Communication
• Ch. 7: Showing Good Sportsmanship
• Ch. 8: Enjoying Successful Get-Togethers

• PART THREE: THE SCIENCE OF HANDLING PEER CONFLICT AND REJECTION: HELPFUL STRATEGIES
• Ch. 9: Dealing With Arguments
• Ch. 10: Handling Verbal Teasing
• Ch. 11: Addressing Cyber Bullying
• Ch. 12: Minimizing Rumors and Gossip
• Ch. 13: Avoiding Physical Bullying
• Ch. 14: Changing a Bad Reputation

Epilogue: Moving Forward

About the Author

Elizabeth A. Laugeson, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.