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

ISBN-13: 9781118127216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 384 str.

Elizabeth Laugeson

Opis

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. The bonus DVD 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

Spis treści

DVD CONTENTS VII

FOREWORD JOHN ELDER ROBISON XI

PREFACE XIII

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XV

ABOUT THE AUTHOR XVII

P A R T  O N E

GETTING READY

1 WHY TEACH SOCIAL SKILLS TO TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS? 1

P A R T  T W O

THE SCIENCE OF DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING FRIENDSHIPS

2 FINDING AND CHOOSING GOOD FRIENDS 17

3 GOOD CONVERSATIONS: THE BASICS 51

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4 STARTING AND ENTERING CONVERSATIONS 97

5 EXITING CONVERSATIONS 121

6 MANAGING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION 145

7 SHOWING GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP 179

8 ENJOYING SUCCESSFUL GET–TOGETHERS 199

P A R T  T H R E E

THE SCIENCE OF HANDLING PEER CONFLICT AND REJECTION: HELPFUL STRATEGIES

9 DEALING WITH ARGUMENTS 231

10 HANDLING VERBAL TEASING 247

11 ADDRESSING CYBER BULLYING 267

12 MINIMIZING RUMORS AND GOSSIP 281

13 AVOIDING PHYSICAL BULLYING 307

14 CHANGING A BAD REPUTATION 323

EPILOGUE: MOVING FORWARD 341

HOW TO USE THE DVD 348

BIBLIOGRAPHY 349

INDEX 359

O autorze

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.

Blurb

The Science of MAKING FRIENDS

This book offers a groundbreaking approach for helping socially challenged teens and young adults make and keep friends. Based on UCLA′s acclaimed PEERS program the only evidence–based approach of its kind in the world this accessible book and DVD offer the tools parents and educators need to become "social coaches" to the teens and young adults in their lives. Elizabeth Laugeson, an internationally known social skills expert, provides research–supported

• Rules and steps for social skills
• Ideas for parents or other adults to assist in improving conversational skills
• Tips for expanding social opportunities
• Strategies for handling peer rejection and bullying
• Plans for developing and enhancing friendships

The book includes chapter summaries for teens and young adults, plus a DVD with video demonstrations that illustrate key skills.

"More than simply a list of social skills, this book takes readers through an almost chronological journey from how to find a potential group of friends to what to do to make a friend to how to talk to and engage with that person a journey that is well worth taking."
CATHERINE LORD, Ph.D., director, Center for Autism and the Developing Brain; professor, Columbia University

"Coping with the confusing, conflicting, and complex demands of the social world is one of the biggest challenges for those with autism. There is a pressing need for evidence–based interventions to support these young people and Laugeson′s book is one of the first to help fill this gap."
PATRICIA HOWLIN, emeritus professor of Clinical Child Psychology, King′s College London

"We often think of friendship as more an art than a science, but Laugeson′s work proves otherwise. Accurate, concise, and highly useful, the book sets a new standard for translating research into practice."
PETER F. GERHARDT, Ed.D., clinical director, The Amal Group, and chair of the Scientific Council of the Organization for Autism Research