Help students build stronger friendships with this practical, structured social skills program designed to explicitly teach students how to navigate common friendship challenges.
Friendship Fix-It teaches students a simple four-step process:
STOP & NOTICE → THINK → CHOOSE → DO
Students learn to pause before reacting, recognise what is happening, consider different options, choose a helpful response and try it out. The program uses explicit teaching, discussion, visual supports, scenarios and practical activities to help students apply these skills to everyday friendship situations.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
✔ 5 explicit social skills lessons
✔ Teacher guides with lesson plans and teaching sequences
✔ Friendship Fix-It step-by-step visual supports
✔ Posters and classroom visuals
✔ Feelings and reflection activities
✔ Student activity sheets
✔ 24 friendship scenarios for discussion and problem-solving
✔ Scenario cards for small-group practice
✔ Role-play and discussion opportunities
✔ Differentiation ideas and support strategies
✔ Friendship Fix-It board game for practising skills in an engaging way
THE 5 LESSONS
Lesson 1 – What Do I Do?
Recognising feelings and problem-solving
Lesson 2 – Stop & Notice
Recognising the problem before reacting
Lesson 3 – Think, Choose & Do
Working out what could help
Lesson 4 – Practise the Steps
Applying the Friendship Fix-It process to friendship challenges
Lesson 5 – Friendship Fix-It Game
Practising responses, discussing different choices and building confidence
FRIENDSHIP SCENARIOS INCLUDE
Students practise responding to situations such as being left out, interrupting, disagreements, unkind comments, sharing, personal space, losing a game, misunderstandings, needing a break, asking for help and repairing friendship problems.
IDEAL FOR
• Learning Support
• Social skills groups
• Small-group intervention
• Wellbeing lessons
• Classroom social skills teaching
• Individual student support
• Primary school students who benefit from explicit social skills instruction
This resource gives students a clear, repeatable process they can use when friendship problems arise, helping them develop confidence, flexible problem-solving and positive communication skills.
A practical, ready-to-use resource for Australian primary teachers, Learning Support staff and other professionals supporting students with social and emotional learning.
