Friendship challenges are a normal part of growing up — whether it’s making new friends, handling teasing, or managing conflict. In this session, Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore will describe five essential friendship skills that every child needs to learn and share practical ideas to help children feel more comfortable and confident in social situations. The session is intended for parents as well as teachers, early-career practitioners, educational psychologists, and other mental health professionals who support children’s social development.
Booking
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About the talk
Nearly every child has trouble with friendships in some way, at some time, whether it’s making a new friend, handling teasing, or dealing with conflict with a friend. This presentation describes five essential friendship skills that are part of the unspoken social curriculum for school-age children. It offers parents practical ideas for helping children to feel more comfortable and confident in social situations.
Learning objectives:
- To identify five essential people skills and examples of children who struggle with each.
- To describe strategies to help children learn and implement each skill.
- To describe the “language of becoming.”
About the speaker
Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, (also known as “Dr. Friendtastic”) is an author, psychologist, and mom of four, based in Princeton, NJ, USA. She is the creator of a weekly, five-minute podcast, Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic, where she answers questions from children about making and keeping friends. Her blog, Growing Friendships, on Psychology Today, has over 5 million views, and her TEDx talk, Conflict Resolution on the Playground: Is It Bullying or Ordinary Meanness?, has over 700,000 views. Dr. Kennedy-Moore’s recent books include Moody Moody Cars (for ages 4-8), Growing Feelings: A Kids’ Guide to Dealing with Emotions About Friends and Other Kids (for ages 6-12), and Kid Confidence: Help Your Child Make Friends, Build Resilience, and Develop Real Self-Esteem (for parents).
Learn more at:
https://EileenKennedyMoore.com
https://DrFriendtastic.com/podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF69LFSDQK0&t=5s&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD/CME certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD/CME certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these sessions
£5 for ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession) Join now and save
£10 ACAMH Learn Account holders
£10 Non Members
£5 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members
FREE LMIC Members
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.