Sections
include:
Foreword
by Gary Forster, YMCA Camp Specialist
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Part I: Introduction
• Part II: The Camp Counselor's Role
• Part III: Getting Started
• Part IV: Building Friendships
• Part V: Curriculums for Friendship Meetings
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ISBN
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ISBN 0-9714609-5-7
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Stepping
Stones to
BUILDING
FRIENDSHIPS
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Many
children have difficulty making friends on their own; they need help.
Research has shown that social skills can be taught and the most dramatic
improvements are accomplished in a group setting. Camp -- with the new
people and activities -- is the natural setting to develop social skills
and build strong friendships. Building Friendships is
designed to proactively teach the social skills that children need to
make and keep friends through a combination of skill building during
FRIENDSHIP MEETINGS and social skills coaching techniques throughout
the camp session. This multi-dimensional approach was developed as part
of the original Stepping Stones Program, a social skills group therapy
training program for children, ranging in ages from 4 to 18 years. Although
the program was initially designed for therapy groups, the techniques
have been modified for use at camp by counselors.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR 
Cathi
Cohen, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Group Psychotherapist,
received her Masters Degree from Columbia University. Specializing in
group therapy treatments, Ms. Cohen has worked with children, adolescents,
and adults in a clinical setting since 1984. She is the author of Raise
Your Child's Social IQ, which is based on the nine years of collected
data and experience of Stepping Stones, a social skills training program
for children and their parents, which Cohen created in 1990. In 1995,
Cohen founded In Step, a private group mental health therapy practice
that serves families in the metro-Washington, DC area.
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