SOC 312 Week 2 Assignment ( Influence of Peers ) ~ A + Work

The influence of peers during childhood can have a long lasting effect on a person throughout his or her life.  Determine at least three different ways in which teachers and/or parents can intervene to help improve a child’s social skills and relationship with peers.  (Keep in mind that it is the adult’s responsibility to enhance a relationship not be the relationship.)

Use the information from your text to complete a graphic organizer that provides a succinct summary of your suggestions for parents/educators.  In addition, give a short explanation of why these suggestions will encourage positive peer relationships.

You may download the Inspiration9 30-Day Trial or use an application of your own to create a graphic organizer.  Be sure to upload all necessary links, images, and/or text onto a Word document for submission.  Instructions for downloading Inspiration9 and exporting to Word can be found here.

Criteria: 

Your creation must be one page using the graphic organizer of your choice.  In addition, you must create a cover page and reference page formatted according to APA style, as outlined by in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.