Eleven-year-old Ryan has a difficult time making and keeping friends and has a history of becoming easily angered when he is confronted, thus making him unpopular with his peers

Devise a strategy that would increase Ryan's level of social competence.
What will be an ideal response?

A good answer would include the following key points:
- Ryan would benefit from taking part in training for social problem solving.
- Social problem solving provides useful strategies for solving social conflicts.
- Successful social problem solving proceeds through a series of steps that correspond to children's information-processing strategies, according to Kenneth Dodge.
- Dodge believes that by carefully delineating each of the stages, interventions can be targeted toward a specific child's deficits.