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Children 'solve problems to make friends'
By Simon Vevers,
Nursery World,
27 November 2007
Developing young children's ability to undertake social problem-solving can give them skills that enable them to be 'more socially successful and make more friends', according to a leading academic.
Philip Erwin, professor of psychology at Edge Hill University, has focused on a technique known as interpersonal cognitive problem-solving, first developed by researchers in the US. He said, 'One of the problems children often have is actually perceiving that there are different ways to approach social dilemmas they encounter. If they can consider various alternatives then they have to decide among them, and it is useful if they can consider the consequences of the alternatives.' Professor Erwin...
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