«If you're not practicing face - to - face communication, you could be
losing important social skills.»
Not exact matches
It's
important that he has the opportunity to play with other children, this will give him the
social skills he needs to make friends when he starts school as well as teaching him the concepts of sharing, taking turns and winning and
losing.
Unfortunately, by the time children reach grade school this approach can often backfire, causing children to
lose important social power and denying them the opportunity to develop the
skills and experience to negotiate these difficult
social waters themselves.
These activities provide a way for therapists to develop a relationship with a child, create a comfortable background activity for talking about
important issues, and address concerns such as fairness,
social skills, and acceptance of winning and
losing.