Helping Young Children Develop Friendships

This blog focuses on ways that early childhood educators can teach social skills through play in an inclusive classroom.

This article lists four types of social skills needed for a child or student to connect and make friends.

This video shows how families can support infant and toddler social-emotional skills at home through supportive relationships.

This article, focused on parents, describes the value of friendships, what parents can do to promote friendships, and discusses bullying.

Learn what to expect when it comes to your child’s interpersonal relationships with peers, and the best ways to help those friendships flourish.

This article addresses what parents can do when kids struggle with social skills.

This Q&A article gives families and children with autism answers about where they can meet new friends, what they can look for in a friend, what they can say to a friend, and what else they should know.

This article helps early childhood educators promote healthy friendships in the preschool classroom with a few practical strategies.