... about Social Skills

 

 

Good Friends Are Hard to Find: Help Your Child Find, Make and Keep Friends
	Fred Frankel, PhD 1996, Perspective Publishing ISBN 0-96220-367-X
	Though the cover may be misleading, this is a book for parents. Based on the Children's Social Skills Program of UCLA, is it full of practical tips and proven strategies for parents to use in helping their elementary school-aged children learn how to make and maintain friendships, deal with teasing and bullying, and solve other peer-related social problems.

 

 

Helping The Child Who Doesn’t Fit In
	Stephen Nowicki, Jr., PhD, & Marshall P. Duke, PhD 1992, Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 1-56145-025-1
	Drs. Nowicki and Duke explain how nonverbal behavior affects a child’s social competence and acceptance. The authors describe nonverbal communication is a "language" of its own, and suggest methods of teaching children the meaning of things such as space and touch, gestures and postures, facial expressions and other necessary components of communication.

 

 

Incorporating Social Goals in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Parents of Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome
	Rebecca A. Moyes 2001, Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN 1-85302-967-X
	This book provides practical strategies to teach social skills in the classroom.  Although written for children with high functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome, the concepts apply equally well to children with NLD.  The author presents an easy to read manual which contains lesson plans as well as many 'nuts and bolts' strategies that teachers will find useful in the classroom.

 

 

Junie B. Jones ( series)
	Barbara Park Random House ISBN (various)
	Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus is just one of a series of children's books featuring a delightful young girl who experiences many of the same confusing emotions and social skills challenges as many children with NLD. The books are fun for both parents and children, and a great way to provoke discussions on these important topics.  [Note: Excerpts from all the books in the series are available at the publisher's web site,  http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/)

 

 

No One to Play With:  The Social Side of Learning Disabilities
	Betty B. Osman 1989, Academic Therapy Publications ISBN 0-87879-687-8
	This is a well-presented, no-nonsense book explaining that a learning disabled child’s difficulties often affect their social skills. She refers to these difficulties as "living disabilities" and explains that some children may not acquire social skills on their own. She suggests teaching them as you would an academic subject, concretely and specifically.

 

 

Skillstreaming in Early Childhood:  Teaching Prosocial Skills to the Preschool and Kindergarten Child
	Ellen McGinnis & Arnold P. Goldstein 1990, Research Press ISBN 8-87822-321-5
	This book covers the use of modeling, role playing, performance feedback, and transfer (homework) to address the social skills deficits of youngsters who display aggression, immaturity, withdrawal, or other difficult behaviors. The skills addressed in the book are grouped into six categories: Beginning Social Skills, School-Related Skills, Friendship-Making Skills, Dealing with Feelings, Alternatives to Aggression, and Dealing with Stress.

 

 

Skillstreaming the Adolescent:  New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills (revised edition)
	Arnold P. Goldstein & Ellen McGinnis 1997, Research Press Company ISBN 0-87822-369-X
	This revised edition of an excellent book in the Skillstreaming series offers terrific information for implementing adolescent social skills lessons in the following categories: Beginning Social Skills, Advanced Social Skills, Dealing with Feelings, Alternatives to Aggression, Dealing with Stress, and Planning Skills.

 

 

Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child:  New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills
	Ellen McGinnis & Arnold P. Goldstein 1997, Research Press ISBN 0-87822-373-8
	This book focuses on teaching elementary-aged students how to deal with interpersonal conflicts and learn self-control through a curriculum of lessons in five areas: Classroom Survival Skills, Friendship-Making Skills, Dealing with Feelings, Alternatives to Aggression, and Dealing with Stress.

 

 

Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success
	Marshall P. Duke, PhD, Stephen Nowicki, Jr., PhD, &  Elisabeth A. Martin, MEd 1996, Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., GA ISBN 1-56145-126-6
	The authors, who coined the term "dyssemia" to describe an inability to interpret and express nonverbal communications as the "body language version of dyslexia," have loaded this book with tips for improving nonverbal skills, from facial expressions, to space and touch, to gestures and postures. They also discuss how nonverbal language can be taught in a classroom setting.

 

 

What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don't?: Social Skills Help for Adults with AD/HD - A Reader-Friendly Guide
	Michele Novotni Specialty Press, Inc. ISBN 1-88694-134-3
	This book covers the important topic of social skills for the adult population. The author addresses the importance of social skills, why AD/HD adults may not have acquired during childhood the social skills which they need as adults. This is a clearly written guide, and the end-of-chapter “Just the Facts” are very helpful.

 

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 Links to online bookstores in the US: 

MAPLE LEAF CENTER

 [Note: Maple Leaf Center is a site specializing in the sale of books on NLD and related disorders - which can be hard to find in regular or online bookstores]

 

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