According to Fred Frankel and Robert Myatt, creators of the Children’s Friendship Training curriculum, maintaining quality friendships is perhaps the single most important measure of a child’s success. To a child, a friend is not only a playmate, but also a confidante, ally, and source of support in times of stress.

Children with FASD or PAE often have a hard time making friends. Children’s Friendship Training works with children and their parents to develop socially acceptable behaviors—enhancing the likelihood the children are accepted by their peers. Children’s Friendship Training focuses on critical child and parent behaviors that lead to social skills deficits. During the 13-week session, parents and children will:

• Learn how to develop a social network (with the parent’s help)

• Exchange information with peers in the group• Have in-home play dates• Learn to avoid conflict and negotiate with peers• How to enter into a groupThese skills are taught in small groups—separated

into a children’s group and a parent’s group—through modeling, coaching, practice, performance feedback, and parent-assisted homework.

Begins September 16Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

The Village Family Service Center4140 Thielman Lane, Suite 303, St. Cloud, MN

For more information, contact The Village Family Service Center, 320-253-5930

Children’s Friendship Training is provided through a grant from the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Children’s Friendship Training—for children ages 8-14 years old with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) or Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE)

4140 Thielman Lane, Suite 303, St. Cloud, MN

320-253-5930www.TheVillageFamily.org

Your Child CAN MAke FrieNds