social skills

13 Social Skills Activities For Adults Who Want To Learn How To Relate To Others Better 

Adults, Social Skills Development / May 18, 2022
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Is it Social Anxiety? Social Avoidance? Social Awkwardness? It doesn’t really matter how we define it; it matters what we do to alleviate it. This article describes social skills activities that will help make connections easier. When we struggle with social skills, we may avoid social situation which in turn can affect how we build …

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Kids Need Your Support, Not Passive Parenting: Help Them Stand Up to Bullies

Families, SEL, Social Emotional Learning, Social Skills Development / January 19, 2022
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School is back in-person (for many) and your child was placed – again – with “those” kids—the mean ones, the cliquey ones, the ones who dictate the terms of how the year will go. Kids know who they are, and so do parents. We talk around it because we don’t really know how to help …

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How Social Development Fell Behind Last Year and 7 Ways to Help Your Kid Catch Up with Their Peers

Blog, Families, SEL, Social Emotional Learning / December 31, 2021

As parents, we do our best to ensure our kids don’t fall behind in the “lost year” and yet many parents don’t know what to look for regarding to social emotional development in children, or how to even help if needed. Age-appropriate social development in children includes taking responsibility for actions, evaluating risks and opportunities, …

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What Can I Do To Help My Kid Who Seems So Easily Frustrated By Little Things?

Blog, Families, SEL, Social Emotional Learning / December 31, 2021
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Frustration is something most of us are familiar with. We may have had our hearts set on something that didn’t materialize, or we personally fell short on a goal, or someone had promised us something that didn’t happen. The same frustrations can exhibit in our kids too. And some kids can be more easily frustrated …

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5 Life Hacks to Recognize the Importance of Tone

Blog, Families, Social Emotional Learning / December 31, 2021

This time of year, as parents wade back into the school routine, you may be noticing your tweens and teenagers have already missed assignments. Similar to wading through a 1-800 customer service line, we can spend hours online trying to resolve issues. We encourage our tweens and teens to write their teacher and work through …

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Help Kids Learn Basic Social Skills During the First Weeks of In-Person School

Blog, Educators, Parenting, Social Emotional Learning / December 31, 2021

It’s been about three weeks since our children returned to school buildings. How is the new normal treating your family? For most, this is the first time since schools closed in March 2020 that our children have had a full-time, in-person schedule. Do you need to support your child as they re-learn basic social skills? …

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How to Improve Social Skills in a Teen Who is Gifted or has Learning Differences

Blog, Families / December 31, 2021

My Child is Lonely Q: How can I improve social skills in a child who is gifted or has learning differences? I try to help my child make new friends, but she will not listen. She clings onto friends who don’t treat her well. It is so difficult to watch – again – the same …

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Want Less Stress with Your Socially Challenged Teen? Learn To See the Little Wins

Adults, Blog, Families, SEL, Social Emotional Learning / December 31, 2021
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Help your Socially Challenged Teen As parents of a socially challenged teen, we often look for big change and big wins. We want to hear that our teenager is “getting it” and that they are really willing to change, however, to help your socially challenged teen, recognize and appreciate that change happens with little wins, …

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