Friendship’s learning, in Primary Education. An intensive procedure for helping rejected children to make friends

Abstract

This article describes the intervention program Friendship Learning, based on the program Pair Counseling which Karcher developed from Selman's model. The aim of the Friendship Learning is to help the child coordinate different social perspectives, and use more effective negotiation strategies in the context of an ongoing relationship. The program consists of 9 pair playing sessions, with the sole rule that the two children agree to choose, change or end the game in a respectful way. After presenting the characteristics of friendship, this paper discusses the associations between friendship and rejection and the different procedures used to promote friendship. The nuclear part focuses on the proposition of intervention which we are applying, with the presentation of the protocol and development of the sessions. First results and limitations are mentioned.

CITE AS:

García Bacete, F.J., Rubio Barrerda, A., Milan Rojas, I. & Marande Perrín G. (2013). El aprendizaje de la amistad en la Educación Primaria. Un procedimiento intensivo para ayudar a los niños rechazados a hacer amigos. Apuntes de Psicología, 31, 155-163.