What is Friendship?

CONTENTS:Introduction to the Programme. 1: What is a Friend? Introduction. Ground Rules. What is a Friend? Who are our friends? Conclusion and homework: How do we make friends? 2: How do we Choose our Friends? Introduction and review of the last session and homework. What do we look for in a friend? Conclusion and homework: How do our friends help us? How do we help our friends? 3: How do we Communicate with our Friends? Introduction and review of the last session and homework. How do we talk to our friends? How do we listen to our friends? Conclusion and homework 4: How do we Resolve Conflicts? Introduction and review of the last session and homework. What is a conflict? Why do we have conflict? What can we do about conflict? How do we deal with conflict? Conclusion and homework. 5: Introduction and review of the last session and homework. How do we Deal with Peer Pressure? What is peer pressure? Who makes our decisions? How do we deal with negative peer pressure? Conclusion. 6: What we have learnt? Introduction and review of the last session and homework. Who are our friends? As decided by class. Friendship pie. Conclusion and Goodbyes.

The flexibility offered by this book is therefore one of its key strengths. I certainly feel that the exercises could be used ""as is"" or tailored to a specific situation or context as required. On a practical level, the book could be a very helpful time-saving device for busy professionals who want a tried and tested ""off the shelf"" resource. However, I also think that a book like this can stimulate the generation of new ideas - serving as an ""inspirational tool"".