PART I: Intrapersonal Skills: Research shows that children who do not know how to regulate their emotions or practice impulse control are often rejected by their peers. Part I of Kids Connecting with Kids will describe how parents and teachers can assist kids in developing the internal skills (or intrapersonal) that they need in order to increase their social status. These skills include self-awareness, mood and anger management, and acceptance of others.

PART II: Interpersonal Skills: Even after learning how to manage themselves, children also need to learn how to interact with peers. Part II of Kids Connecting with Kids will discuss important interpersonal skills such as how to join in, how to be a good conversationalist, how to make others feel special, and more.

Tonia Caselman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work
University of Oklahoma-Tulsa

Tonia Caselman, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical social worker and an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa. She obtained her master’s in social work from the University of Oklahoma and also has a doctoral degree in child development. In addition to her teaching and research responsibilities, she is licensed as a marital and family therapist. She maintains a private practice specializing in children and adolescents where she sees individuals, families and groups. She provides supervision and training for several psychiatric and school programs. She has authored several articles along with three books: (1) Impulse Control: Stop and Think, (2) Empathy, the Social Emotion and the soon to be released Teaching Children Boundaries. She has also coauthored an Impulse Control board game.