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How to Make & Keep Friends: Tips for Kids to Overcome 50 Common Social Challenges Paperback – December 24, 2010

by Nadine Briggs (Author), Donna Shea (Author)

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From the best-selling authors who wrote the book on friendship, here is their first book in the How to Make and Keep Friends series for children in grades 3-6. Social-emotional learning experts, Donna Shea and Nadine Briggs, have more than 30 years of combined experience in social coaching children. Their books teach children to use simple and proven strategies to increase social success.

How to Make & Keep Friends: Tips for Kids to Overcome 50 Common Social Challenges offers social skills advice presented in a reference guide format. The book contains sections and lists to quickly discover tips and strategies on a specific topic or social situation where help is needed.

While all children will benefit from the tips in the book, it has been especially beneficial to children with special needs that impact their socialization abilities. Included are simple to implement and immediately actionable tips to navigate everyday social situations that can be challenging or awkward for kids, such as:

Joining a group;
Conversation skills;
Handling strong emotions;
Dealing with rejection and being excluded;
Being a good playdate guest and host
Working things out & sharing;
Maintaining personal space;
Playground and recess success; and much more!

The book includes an explanation for kids of "why" of learning each of these skills is essential along with practice questions to inspire discussion and role-playing of different social situations.

About the Author

Donna Shea and Nadine Briggs are both accomplished social-emotional learning specialists. They each facilitate social skills groups at their respective centers in Massachusetts. Donna's center is The Peter Pan Center for Social and Emotional Growth located in Boxborough and Nadine owns Simply Social Kids in Tyngsborough. Both Donna and Nadine are parents of children with special needs including ADHD, Anxiety, Sensory Integration, Non-Verbal Learning Disorder and Down Syndrome. Donna and Nadine consult to schools, parent groups, and human service agencies. They are also seasoned public speakers and travel to bring workshops and seminars to schools, conferences, and other venues across the country. Nadine and Donna are certified in bullying prevention through the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center and are creators of the How to Make & Keep Friends Social Success in School Initiative to provide classroom training and team building for school systems. Donna and Nadine also both attained a Specialization in the Foundations of Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Donna and Nadine would love to hear your feedback on their books, speak with you about providing programming in your area, or keep in touch with you about new books and materials. Find them on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Email them at howtomakeandkeepfriends@gmail.com or Visit them online at www.howtomakeandkeepfriends.com and sign up to receive updates and their weekly blog posts.

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8 - 12 years
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158 pages
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English
Grade level

3 - 6
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6 x 0.36 x 9 inches
Publication date

December 24, 2010
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1456313460
ISBN-13

978-1456313463
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 11/24/10 edition (December 24, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 158 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1456313460
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1456313463
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.36 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #114,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,516 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books)
- #2,425 in Children's Friendship Books

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Nadine Briggs
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Nadine Briggs is CEO of Simply Social Kids (www.SimplySocialKids.com), a social skills program offering friendship coaching groups for ages 8-28 online and in person (Tyngsboro, MA) and Managing Partner of Social Success Central, LLC (www.SocialSuccessCentral.com). She is co-author with Donna Shea of the best-selling How to Make and Keep Friends book series. Nadine has dual graduate certifications in Coaching Children & Teens, and Coaching Children & Teens with ADHD. She has expertise and certifications in bullying and cyberbullying prevention, Foundations of Positive Psychology including learned optimism and resilience. She also holds certifications in bullying prevention through the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, Foundations of Positive Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Coaching, and the Girl Meets World curriculum, which addresses relational aggression in girls, and sibling relationships (Sibshops). Her training includes collaborative problem solving to teach conflict resolution and in child anxiety from the Child Anxiety Network at Boston University.
Nadine’s children are now adults and they were the catalyst for her current career. Her oldest child has Down syndrome and her son has ADHD. She has a personal passion for helping children find true friendships. In addition to being an author, she is a social skills coach, parent/educator consultant, and offers seminars for parent and professional groups.
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Donna Shea
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Donna Shea, Director of the Peter Pan Center for Social and Emotional Growth, and Nadine Briggs, Director of Simply Social Kids, are passionate about helping kids make and keep friends. Together have formed Social Success Central LLC, a publishing company for social-emotional learning books and materials. They both lead community-based social skills and learning groups at the centers in Massachusetts.
Donna and Nadine have dedicated themselves to working with children who experience mild to moderate social difficulties and have more than 30 years of combined experience in social coaching children. Both understand that social skills go far beyond manners and that all children can improve their relationships with peers to attain, maintain, and sustain real and lasting friendships.
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Stacey Cole

Fantastic book - I read it along with my son - lots of useful tips for kids, especially the awkard pre-teen years.

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2013

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I bought your book off Amazon because my son started middle school (and is coming back to public school after being out of district for 4 years PLUS he is painfully shy) and I thought it would be helpful. I read it and LOVED it. I got it in August and showed my son. He said "Mom, I don't need that - I'm fine." Well, the 1st day of school starts - he comes home and I ask how his day was, etc. - everything was good. I then asked him who he sat with at lunch (my biggest fear for him - the all too scary lunch room :)) - he says to me "Well, I sat at a table with other kids, but didn't talk to anyone & I ate by myself. I was a little sad." As a mother, my heart broke. So, I said to him "Well, I can give you some pointers to start a conversation or join in on one." And I gave him pointers from your book (unbeknownst to him) and he was actually listening. He then goes over to where I had put your book and says "Maybe I can read a couple of the chapters in here." I said "Absolutely - that's what I got it for." Next day, he comes home and told me he sat with another boy at lunch & they talked the whole lunch period. I said "Oh, did he start talking to you?", and he said "No, I started talking to him. I did what you and that book said to do." So, cheers for writing such a wonderful book. It is a fabulous resource. THANK YOU

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madlibster

Great addition to homeschool curriculum

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2018

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This book is full of all those little social norms that kids are "supposed" to pick up on naturally. I pulled my son from school because he was very unhappy with his social situation there. I have found it really helpful for myself to be able to pinpoint what it is that he sometimes does that could be off-putting to other people. It really helps explain the problems and we like the little quiz questions at the end of each chapter, though I wish there were more than 2 example scenarios to practice with. Open-ended questions would be just as good (or better) for discussion rather than multiple-choice. My kids are getting much better at making friends when they go to the park or anywhere there are new faces. I like being able to say things like, "remember how we talked about matching your voice level to those around you?"

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Lyssa

There are good tips in here- I like how she breaks it ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2017

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There are good tips in here- I like how she breaks it down so specifically. However, although the verbiage and length of entries seem geared towards late grade-school aged children, the tips seemed more appropriate for younger children. She does. It wade into the murky waters of tweendom.

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2022

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High quality book with lots of good ideas for my son who struggles with social interactions.

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Choruk Diryc

Eh...

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2018

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I don't have kids... My husband and I both are extreme introverts and have issues meeting people, making friends, working with people, etc... I suggested this book to my husband initially as a joke, then started reading the description and reviews, and thought it would be interesting to take a look at myself....
It arrived, and I skimmed it for a few hours, reading parts where I have the most trouble with people (keep in mind I am in my 30's)... Some advice is really good, but there's a few tid bits in there that you need to be careful telling a kid to take as advice... I was bullied as a kid, and I know had I tried some of these, it would have made things much worse - and as a kid I was ignorant to that kind of observation and would have tried them without question. If you have a kid that's actually being bullied or has depression, please make sure you read this with them and help them understand some of these could make things worse - and the thing that really got me was some of the advice in the book made it seem like it was the reader's fault for not having friends... Yeah sometimes the kid with no friends brings it on themself, but there's a lot of times that kids are just mean and xenophobic. Please make sure your kid doesn't just blame themself for everything that doesn't go right.

Again, there IS some great advice in this book, just make sure it fits your kid's situation.

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AllAboutFamily

Highly recommend! I bought this book on the recommendation of ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2017

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Highly recommend! I bought this book on the recommendation of a pediatric counselor. The format of the book is simplistic and provides a brief list of strategies for each topic -- this makes each topic easily digestible and contained on just a few pages. The list of strategies are based on commonsense and things that seem second nature to most adults; however, they provide an excellent reminder for children and great talking points for everyday encounters. I am reading this at a slow pace with my kiddos to provide gentle reminders for social interactions. This book could also be read independently by young readers, but I think the talking points and ability to share relatable circumstances is invaluable. Overall, I highly recommend this book.

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J. Hughes

We Read A Tip Each Night With Our Kids

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2014

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We purchased this a few months ago to help our socially struggling 7 year old boy (he has a high IQ and low Social Intelligence). We didn't want to make him feel singled out, so we read it to all our kids as a family. We read one tip from this book each night before we read stories to our kids ages 8, 7, & 5. We have been doing this now for several weeks and already I've seen improvement in understanding and implementing social interactions. This book is really for every child and provides a great basis for discussion in our family. We find ourselves reading the tip and then the kids take turns sharing positive and negatives experiences they've had with that tip. It's opened their eyes to a new way of learning social cues. Every family will benefit by reading this book together.

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Laura Stark

Not a book for your average child

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2014

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This book is very strange, with some really strange advice for children. When reading it, I had a difficult time differentiating the advice. Was it for children, or for their adults? Anyway, it is an odd book. It is not at all something that an average child, who just has a few social insecurities, would benefit from.

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C. C.

Clear guidance and easy reading.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2021

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This book is a really clear guide on how to behave in different situations around friends. It covers 50 topics in a couple of pages each.
My 9y old boy engaged really quickly and wanted to hear more once, despite his reluctancy, I read him a couple of pages.
I only wish it had loads more quiz questions to put each tip into a more relatable scenario for children.
I thoroughly recommend this book to any child going into year 5, 6 or 7 at school.

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Lara Freiria

I loved the book but we didn't really apply many of the tips

Reviewed in Germany on May 9, 2020

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What I liked about this book is that my son and I really could read it together, as it is meant to be read. The structure of the book with a part for children and a part for the parents is really clever.
Also, the tips are generally good. My son did learn something new, and probably felt less alone in his struggles to make friends. We tried to read one or two sections every night for several weeks.
The only negative aspect I'd mention is that, although we spoke about it every evening, my son did not apply the suggestions given in the book. It could very well be related to him in particular, and I surely hope he had applied them. But it could also mean that they are not very relatable to children and that, although good in theory, they do not really work in practice.
I remember when we tried to apply the "greeting everyone" suggestion. He did it, and then came home even more frustrated because he didn't see any improvements. Of course I tried to explain to my son that these things take time and repetition to work out, but for a child this does not really make sense. He made a massive effort (for him) to try and be extra nice to people, and didn't see the fruits of this effort.
For this reason I gave 4 out of 5 stars. As a mum I really liked the book and I know it could help a lot if applied, but whether it resonates with children or not is another story. In our case it unfortunately didn't and ended up untouched in the bookcase after a few weeks.
I would recommend it for parents who know their children will follow through and are persistent in general. In that case I do think it could help. I also appreciate all the love and effort that the authors put into the book, which is evident when one reads it.

Cath

Can't say enough good thing! My 7 yr old loves it

Reviewed in Canada on September 27, 2018

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My 7-yr-old and I read this book together, and find it very good.
It's made so that each "social lesson" is 2-3 pages long, and simple, clear and accessible. It holds my child's attention, and we "role play" to put in practice what each lesson teaches. I've found it really simple, well-written, clear and accessible. It addresses common things children encounter daily, and gives different solutions or ways to address a given situation. We've recently read social lessons on managing impulsivity, staying on or switching topics when conversing, managing intense feelings (like anger), how to give people space, how to join into a group of kids who are playing, just to give a few examples. You don't have to do the rules in the book sequentially - we are working our way through it at random, picking a different lesson every day, which is just fine.
I can't say enough good things about this book. Thank you so much to the authors for putting it out there. It's wonderful.

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Jenn

Adatto per bimbi più grandi

Reviewed in Italy on January 13, 2020

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Bell libro ma non serve per bambini piccoli visto che non ci sono disegni delle situazioni presentate, questo non attira l’interesse dei bambini è dificulta il dover spiegare come deve fare. Lo consiglierei per bambini dai 8 anni in su

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Claudia Marcela Shaw Rodriguez

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Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2022

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Good book

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