Introduction -- What's the story? What's the story ; Executive function: the brain's ship captain for social navigation ; Parenting with a playbook: you're a natural, coach ; The seven things everyone needs to be able to do to be socially successful -- The play better plan: the Coach's playbook: coaching guides, questionnaires, and tools. The eight elements of highly effective social skills coaching ; The processing style questionnaire: assessing your child's strengths, interests, and processing style ; The executive function questionnaire: assessing your child's executive function social skills ; The EFQ lesson tracks at a glance: Bridge to betterment, and, How will you know? ; Introducing the play better plan to your child: the interactive conversation guide ; Home advantage: in-home coaching and practice build basic skills -- The play better executive function social skills tracks. The starter track for everyone! ; Flexible me: flexibility/adaptability ; Mind your PEAS and cues: reading the room ; Who is your audience?: shifting communication to meet the needs of the audience ; Build on that: friendship communication ; Friendship is a two-way street: how fast do you go? ; Learning to walk in someone else's shoes: taking another person's point of view ; Once was enough: self-regulation ; Never let them see you sweat: emotional regulation -- The play better plan: to playdates and beyond. The playdate planner: how to line them up and plan them well ; Playdates: coaching from the sidelines ; How'd it go?: debriefing and the post-playdate huddle ; Troubleshooting: how to make the most of snags, setbacks, and resistance ; You've got this! -- from Contents pages