It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend by Richard Lavoie | LD Social Skills, Friendship Guide

Its So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success by Richard Lavoie is a compassionate and practical guide for parents, teachers, coaches, and caregivers. Drawing on over 30 years of experience with learning-disabled children, Lavoie addresses the social challenges these children facefrom ADHD and anxiety to nonverbal and visual-spatial difficultiesand offers step-by-step methods to foster meaningful friendships 

With warm insight and expert tools like social autopsy, Lavoie helps children analyze social setbacks, build skills for conversations, body language, playdates, and overcoming shyness, empowering them to connect and thrive socially 

Its So Much Work to Be Your Friend, Richard Lavoie, learning disabilities, social skills, children friendship guide, social autopsy, ADHD, anxiety, visual-spatial, nonverbal, executive function, LD support

Recommended For:

• Parents and educators of children aged 617 with learning differences

• Professionals in special education or child psychology

• Anyone seeking practical strategies to improve social skills and confidence

• A go-to companion for therapy sessions, classroom support, or parenting