Your child looks down, eyes diverting from the bank teller and you impatiently think, “Come on, spit it out!” You witness what seems to be paralysis. She starts sentences then stops them, hesitates, ...

If you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you might find making and keeping friends, talking to co-workers, or just saying the right things in a social setting difficult or awkward.

Parents need to know that Social Detective is a series of video assessments that highlights specific social situations for kids to understand. The app directly practices the tools introduced in ...

Helping your child develop social skills can make a lasting positive impact on their life. Games can make the lessons stick — and make them fun to learn. Social skills games encourage children to join ...

Nothing can fully prepare a new teacher for their first year in the classroom—especially when it comes to the difficult conversations they’ll inevitably have with students and parents. But two former ...

For many people, the lack of face-to-face social interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic caused regular social skills to get rusty. Dr. Eric Storch, professor and vice chair in the Menninger ...

Before explaining more about social coaching, let’s review some social skills described by Dr. Ronald Rapee and his colleagues in the book, “Helping Your Anxious Child.” These include skills related ...

What Is Social and Emotional Development? There are five major social and emotional “issues” that teens deal with during their adolescent years. These include: Establishing an identity. This has been ...

Social anxiety can make even the most basic interactions feel overwhelming for teens. Many struggle with initiating conversations, handling conflicts, or expressing themselves in a comfortable and ...

Authenticity is overrated, according to psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic — learning these social skills will boost your ...

Precin, P. (1999). Living Skills Recovery Workbook. Butterworth-Heinemann. This workbook provides clinicians with tools to help consumers with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders ...