Making Friends at Work: Learning to Make Positive Choices in Social Situations for People with Autism

by Saffron Gallup

Making new friends at work can be tricky - it's tough to predict how people will react to certain situations. This 'choose your own response' book can show you how these situations could potentially play out. Some endings are positive and some less so, and the book includes explanations about why particular outcomes may have occurred, so you can learn to avoid those situations. The best part is you can go back and see how a different choice can change the outcome of the story!

64 pages, Paperback

Published December 14, 2017

Reviews

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book uses the example situation of meeting a new person at work to educate the reader on common social cues and responses. The choose-your-adventure format lets the reader see how a hypothetical coworker would react to two different social choices in a nonthreatening way, as the reader can go back and make another choice. Importantly, the choices are not immediately right or wrong. Making a poor choice leads to an opportunity to try to fix the situation before the end of the story. The appendix at the end of the book explains in more detail why some of the choices led to the end of the story without making friends. This extra level of analysis is helpful because these details aren't normally available in real life social situations.

Making Friends at Work is a useful book for those who have autism or struggle with social situations because it allows the reader to try different responses to a social situation and the appendix explains social structures such as initiating conversations, repairing a mistake, persevering with a new friend, and maintaining relationships.

I received an advanced review copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing this review.

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book could be a great help to all those who find themselves not knowing what to say or do in social situations at work or elsewhere.
It is written in an easily accessible format and informs you where you have made mistakes in the book so you are better prepared for similar real life situations.
I recommend this book to all who have problems in these areas diagnosed autistic or not.
I was given this book by NetGalley and the publisher. This is my voluntary review.

[StylesPlenty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was able to read Making Friends at Work for free from Netgalley, the publisher and the author for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was a quick and easy read. This book would be helpful for those that do not know what to do or say in any social situation at work (or outside of work). The format is easy to understand and it helps the reader prepare for similar life situations.