This title integrates parents into the treatment of children's friendship problems in order to promote simplification in home and school environments. It represents 12 years of research by the authors to develop a comprehensive social skills training programme for children. Broken into four parts, the book begins with a complete step-by-step manual and presents the empirical outcome of tests of the interventions, as well as a review of other social skills training interventions for children. The nature and development of children's friendships are included in the second section. Session content is presented in the third part with a chapter devoted to each of the 12 sessions of this intervention. Each of these sessions sets out goals, offers a training plan and gives an "at-home" plan as well as a "group" plan. The final section covers unique situations.
Fred Frankel, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and the Director of the UCLA Parent Training and Children's Friendship Programs. To date, his program has helped over 1,500 children and teens with friendship problems in the greater Los Angeles area. He speaks regularly on the topic of social skills for children and teens to professionals and parents alike. He has 3 children, ages 4, 7, and 25.
His work on Children's Friendship has won the National Parenting Publications Parenting Resources Gold Award.
