Reciprocal Friendship

No consistent evidence of reciprocal friendship in daily contexts

• Does not demonstrate reciprocal friendship behaviours
• Relies entirely on adult direction for related tasks

Beginning to show reciprocal friendship with significant support

• Inconsistent reciprocal friendship; needs adult prompting
• Partial performance in familiar, structured settings

Demonstrates reciprocal friendship consistently in familiar contexts

• Applies reciprocal friendship reliably in routine situations
• Requires prompting to transfer to new or demanding contexts

Forms stable, give-and-take friendships with same-age peers based on mutual trust and shared experience.

• Demonstrates reciprocal friendship independently across varied contexts
• Sustains performance without adult support or reminders

Applies reciprocal friendship flexibly; can articulate and model it for others

• Articulates own process when applying reciprocal friendship
• Transfers skill spontaneously to novel domains