Making & Keeping Friends Ready-to-Use Lessons, Stories, and Activities for Building Relationships, Grades 4-8

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ISBN: 9780787966263 | 0787966266
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Copyright: 10/6/1997

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This unique program helps counselors teach students how to make and keep friends as they learn about themselves, others, and the nature of friendships. Organized into nine sections, from (1) Understanding Friendships and (2) Becoming Friends to (9) Sending Yourself Invitations, and printed in a wire-bound format for easy-copying of 70 activity sheets and role-play scripts with the lessons.

About This Program	p. ix
Introduction	p. xxi
Understanding Friendship
Group Leader Instructions	p. 1
Understanding Friendship	p. 5
First Day at Rockdale (story)
Rachel and Rocky	p. 8
Having Friends
The Loner	p. 9
Sharing and Helping	p. 10
Receiving Support	p. 11
Kinds of Friendships	p. 10
Giving Support	p. 12
My Kind of Friend	p. 13
Choosing Friends
Proximity	p. 15
Far Away Friends	p. 16
Similarity	p. 15
Friendly Similarities	p. 18
Affirmation	p. 20
Experiences of Differences	p. 19
Anita's Problem	p. 20
Affirmation Synonyms	p. 21
Becoming Friends
Group Leader Instructions	p. 23
Becoming Friends	p. 27
Forming Friendships
Breaking the Ice	p. 27
An Anxious Adventure	p. 28
Being Optimistic	p. 30
Pessimistic Frolic	p. 31
New Student	p. 32
Having Respect	p. 32
Bossy Philip (story)
Helping Philip	p. 34
Developing Trust	p. 33
Finding Trust	p. 36
Excuses, Excuses	p. 37
Keeping Friendships
Caring	p. 38
Evaluating	p. 39
No Return Stephania (story)
Evaluating Friendships	p. 42
Who's on Your List?	p. 43
Learning About Invitations
Group Leader Instructions	p. 45
Learning About Invitations	p. 49
Communicating Successfully
Friendship Scrapbook	p. 51
An Introduction to Invitations
Invitations	p. 52
Self Invitation	p. 53
Inviting Others	p. 55
Disinvitations	p. 57
Disinviting Feelings	p. 59
Intentional Behaviors
Unintentional Behaviors
Lucky Interview	p. 63
Word Power	p. 65
Bobby's First Day	p. 64
Four Levels of Encouraging or Discouraging Friendship
Group Leader Instructions	p. 67
Four Levels of Encouraging or Discouraging Friendship	p. 71
Intentionally Disinviting
Unintentionally Disinviting
An Unintentional Disinvitation	p. 74
Unintentionally Inviting
Inviting Qualities	p. 77
Intentionally Inviting
Friendship List	p. 79
History Lesson	p. 80
Perceiving and Inviting
What Do You See?	p. 82
Perceptions	p. 84
"TV Hodgepodge"	p. 86
Perceptive Intelligence	p. 87
The Phantom Inviter	p. 88
Knowing Your Self
Group Leader Instructions	p. 89
Knowing Your Self	p. 93
What Is the Self?
Self Parts	p. 94
Facts and Beliefs	p. 95
Assessing Your Physical Self	p. 97
Big Boys Don't Cry
Give a Performance	p. 99
Beliefs About My Behaviors	p. 100
Naomi the Fibber (story)
Where Does the Self Come From?
Picture Yourself	p. 105
Can the Self Change?
The Self and Friendships
Reflections of the Self	p. 108
Self-Concept List	p. 109
Changing Friendships	p. 108
Ensuring Beneficial Friendships	p. 108
The Self and Invitations
Revolving Door	p. 110
Treasure Hunt	p. 112
Inviting the Self	p. 112
Friendship Resume	p. 114
Creating Invitations to Friendship
Group Leader Instructions	p. 115
Creating Invitations to Friendship	p. 119
How to Invite
The Process
Wanting to	p. 120
Creating the Invitation	p. 122
Draw an Invitation	p. 123
Reading the Situation	p. 124
Misreadings	p. 125
Sending the Invitation	p. 126
Setting the Stage	p. 126
Setting the Stage	p. 127
Reading and Setting Practice	p. 128
New in the Neighborhood (story)
Checking for Reception	p. 130
Class Project (story)
Negotiating Change	p. 131
Measuring Up	p. 132
Elmo (story)
The Steps of Elmo's Invitation	p. 133
The Invitation	p. 134
Class Observation Sheet	p. 136
Follow the Steps	p. 137
Making Choices and Resolving Differences
Group Leader Instructions	p. 139
Making Choices and Resolving Differences	p. 143
Sending
Not Sending
When Not to Send	p. 145
Accepting
Not Accepting
Invitations Not to Accept	p. 147
Resolving Differences
Keep It Positive	p. 148
Play Ball!	p. 149
Listening	p. 150
Listen!	p. 150
Obstacles to Listening	p. 152
What Happened?	p. 153
Breaking Up
Whom to Invite
Yourself	p. 154
Count Your Invitations	p. 156
Family	p. 155
Friends	p. 158
Other People	p. 158
Want Ad for a Friend	p. 159
Create a "Nugget"	p. 160
Choosing Positive Behaviors
Group Leader Instructions	p. 161
Choosing Positive Behaviors	p. 165
Behaving Appropriately
Evaluating Behaviors	p. 166
Doing Unto Others	p. 167
Avoiding Blame	p. 167
Self-Instructing	p. 168
Bart and Reggie (story)
Reggie's Turn	p. 170
Becoming Educated
Having Goals	p. 173
My Educational Plan	p. 174
Learning for Life	p. 175
The Home Page	p. 175
Learning for Fun	p. 177
Enjoying Life
Catch Yourself	p. 179
Celebrating Life	p. 180
Taking Time Alone	p. 180
Sending Yourself Invitations
Group Leader Instructions	p. 183
Sending Yourself Invitations	p. 187
Getting Started
Knowing Yourself
Seeing Yourself	p. 190
Having the Desire to Change
Living Healthily
Eating and Drinking Well	p. 192
What I Eat and Drink	p. 193
Resting and Exercising	p. 194
"Slow Down" Betsy (story)
Keeping Clean	p. 195
Tunign Your Psyche	p. 196
Overcoming the Odds	p. 197
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall	p. 199
Making Friends
The "Novak Shuffle"	p. 200
Draw a Nebbish	p. 203
Treat Yourself	p. 204
One More Invitation
Appendices
Group Leader Planning Guide--Notes	p. 207
Bibliography of Invitational Resources	p. 225
Bibliography of Friendship Books for Students	p. 226
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Making & Keeping Friends Ready-to-Use Lessons, Stories, and Activities for Building Relationships, Grades 4-8

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