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Discovering the Social Code of Peer Relationships

A Social Skills Program for Children

Discovering the Social Code of Peer Relationships

A Social Skills Program for Children

About The Program

The Friendship Lab® Curriculum

The Friendship Lab® is a 10-week, evidence-based, social skills program that helps children improve their peer relationships. Children are taught valuable skills for making and keeping friends through illustrated stories, role play and games.

Skills and Concepts:

two-way conversations

entering into play

being a good sport identifying potential friends

teasing and bullying

hosting a get-together

reputations

recognizing and dealing with emotions

perspective-taking

Target Group

The program was originally written for children ages 7-12 who have average communication skills and who can read at a minimum grade 2 level. Although it has been used mostly with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, it has been used with children with other neurodevelopmental disorders as well as some without any diagnosis. It has also been used by young teens with mild intellectual disabilities.

Program FORMAT

The program is 10 weeks and intended to be delivered in one-hour sessions. Originally it was designed so that parents and children would attend concurrent groups (children in one room and parents in another). Children receive lessons delivered via slides projected on a monitor in which comic illustrations of social situations are displayed*. Following a structured lesson, they play games to practice skills. The focus of parent sessions is upon helping children to practice skills, initiate get-togethers with other children and generalize skills and concepts.

A modified version has been created for use via a virtual platform.

*To get an idea of what the lessons look like, see "What is the Friendship Lab?" in the downloadable resources section below.

Program delivery and Training

To deliver the program in-person a computer and monitor (or data projector) are required. There is a facilitator manual as well as workbooks for parents and children.

Language

The program was originally written in English. It has been translated into French.

It has been translated into Chinese although this version is only available for research purposes.

MATERIALS FOR PURCHASE

The Friendship Lab® was written to be delivered by teachers, counselors, therapists, etc.

A temporary access key is available for viewing materials.

Please contact us for pricing.

Research

Waugh, C., & Peskin, J. (2015). Improving the social skills of children with HFASD: An

intervention study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(9), 2961–2980.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-015-2459-9

*The S.S.ToM intervention in this article is the Friendship Lab. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276066248_Improving_the_Social_Skills_of_Children_with_HFASD_An_Intervention_Study

Cheung, P.P., Siu, A., Brown, T., Yu, M. (2017). A social-cognitive intervention program for adolescents with autism: A pilot study. Journal of Occupational Therapy Schools & Early Intervention. doi: 10.1080/19411243.2017.1408442

Cheung, P.P.P., Brown, T., Yu, M.-L., Siu, A.M.H., (2020). The Effectiveness of a school-based social cognitive intervention on the social participation of Chinese children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04683-1

Social Matters is a publication from Autism Ontario, written in 2011. The aim of the document was to improve social skills interventions for Ontarians with Autism Spectrum Disorders by providing an overview of social skills programming in the province of Ontario.

The document includes:

An overview of "social skills"
Why are they important?
What does social skills programming in Ontario look like?
Key findings in the research into programs in Ontario
What we learned about effective social skills programming
Recommendations
Helpful appendices

https://www.autismontario.com/what-autism/publications

Discovering the Social Code of Peer Relationships

Discovering the Social Code of Peer Relationships