Once upon a time, there were autistic, ADHD, and anxious students who struggled to understand friendship. They struggled with concepts like: What is a friend? What isn't a friend? And what is expected when we're friends with someone?

Sometimes, these students thought everyone was their friend, including people they had just met.

Sometimes they didn't know how to determine who was a good friend and who wasn't, so they ended up spending time with people that we wish they wouldn't.

And some students struggled to recognize what the expectations are in a friendship, which gets in the way of them being a good friend.

This week's lesson was created for these students.

In this lesson, we talk about how friends are people that we choose to spend time with outside of the context where we know them. Students practice and role play making plans with someone, since most students don't know how to do that. We also talk about how a friend is someone who makes us feel good. We discuss different scenarios and whether they are a sign of a good friend or a not-so-good friend.