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HELPING YOUR CHILD TO MAKE FRIENDS 		   
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HELPING YOUR CHILD TO MAKE FRIENDS

Social skills are complex and hard to learn

Non-autistic people often forget how complex social skills are, and how long it takes to learn them even when not affected by Autism or Asperger's syndrome. Tony Attwood lists some essential skills for children to make friends as:

• Knowing how to enter into other children's activities

• Knowing how to welcome other children into one's own games or activities

• Recognizing when and how to help others, and seeking help from others

• Providing compliments at the right times and knowing how to respond to compliments

• Knowing the right time and way to offer criticism

• Being able to accept and handle criticism from others

• Incorporating the ideas and suggestions of others into an activity

• Give and take in conversation and activities

• Managing disagreement with compromise instead of aggression or emotional outbursts

• Recognizing and understanding the opinions of others

• Understanding facial expressions and body language

• Empathizing with others in both positive and negative situations

• The appropriate behavior and comments to maintain solitude or end the interaction.

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10/12/2007by: shannonj
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