books on friendship
The following are resources to encourage Friendship Skills
- Stage 1 - Equivalent of age 5 to 6 years
- Mr Men books
In America published by Price Stern Sloan.
In Australia published by Ladybird and Penguin Books Australia
Berry, J. (1996) Let’s Talk About: Being Helpful Scholastic Inc.
Rogers, F. (1987) Mr. Roger’s Neighbourhood: Making Friends A Paper Star Book The Putnam & Grosset Group
- Stage 2 - Equivalent of age 6 to 9 years
- Aliki (1995) Communication: is telling and listening Mammoth
Attwood (2000) Strategies for improving the social integration of children with Asperger syndrome Autism, 4 (1) 85-100.
Brown, L.K. and Brown, M. (1998) How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them Little, Brown and Company.
Buehner, C. (1998) I Did It, I’m Sorry Puffin Books, published by the Penguin Group.
Happe, F. (1995) Autism: An introduction to psychological theory. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Howlin, P., Baron-Cohen, S. and Hadwin, J. (1999) Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read John Wiley & Sons.
Leedy, L. (1996) How Humans Make Friends Holiday House, New York
Roffey, S., Tarrant, T., and Majors, K. (1994) Young Friends: Schools and Friendship Cassell Publishers.
Schroeder, A. (1997) Socially Speaking LDA.
- Stage 3 - Equivalent of age 9 to 13 years
- American Girl Library (1996) The Care and Keeping of Friends Pleasant Company Publications.
Judge Judy Sheinlin (2001) You Can’t Judge a Book by it’s Cover: Cool Rules for School. Cliff Street Books: An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Judge July Sheinlin (2001) Win or Lose by How you Choose. Cliff Street Books: An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
- Stage 4 - Adolscent to Adult
- Aston, M.C. (2001) The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome The National Autistic Society, London.
Beck, T.A. (1994) Building Healthy Friendships: Teaching Friendship Skills to Young People. R&E Publishers, Saragota, California.
Canfield, J., Hanson, M.V. and Kirberger, K. (1998) Chicken Soup: Teenage Soul Journal. Health Communications, Inc. Deerfield Beach, Florida.
Cornelius, H., and Faire, S. (1998) Everyone Can Win: How to Resolve Conflict. Simon & Schuster Australia.
Decker, B. (1996) The Art of Communicating: Achieving Interpersonal Impact in Business. Revised Edition. Crisp Publications Inc.
Gabor, D. (2001) How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. Revised and Updated. A Fireside Book. Simon & Schuster Publishers.
Matthews, A. (1990) Making Friends: A Guide to Getting Along with People Media Masters, Singapore.
McGrath, H. and Edwards, H. (1997) Friends: A practical guide to understanding relationships. CHOICE Books.
Pease, A. (1995) Body Language: How to read other’s thought by their gestures. Camel Publishing Company.