Socializing
Is Your Child Having Difficulty Making Friends?
Social skills in childhood are the group of abilities your child needs to make friends. These abilities include perspective-taking, empathy, play skills, sharing and collaboration skills, and communication skills. Social development progresses from the early skills of parallel play, to conversation, and finally into the ability to develop deep and lasting friendships. Children having difficulty with social skills likely need help finding common interests with others, starting conversations, or taking the perspective of others. Trouble with social skills can be a trying and even heart-breaking experience for a child and family. In this section, you will find topics like social presence, conversations, perspective-taking, and insight. Visit this page for general information on social skills.
Creative Play
Does Your Child Not Play Pretend or Make-Believe?
Shared Enjoyment
Does Your Child Have Fun Playing With Others?
Social Presence
Does Your Child Focus More on Objects Than People?
Interacting
Does Your Child Not Interact With Others?
Formal or Unusual Language
Is Your Child Using Formal or Unusual Language?
Need for Predictability
Is Your Child Needing to Know What to Expect?
Sharing and Showing
Is Your Child Not Making Social Connections By Sharing and Showing?
Perspective-Taking
Is Your Child Unable to Take Another’s Perspective?
Social Awkwardness
Is Your Child Awkward in Social Settings?
Restricted Interest
Is Your Child Focused on a Single Topic or Interest?
Social Motivation
Is Your Child Wanting to Engage Socially but Not Sure How?
Reciprocal Conversations
Is Your Child Struggling to Have a Back-and-Forth Conversation?
Social Skills
