Goals and Objectives

Goal:  To increase the quality of social interactions and interpersonal relationships

·       Increase skills related to inviting, joining in, initiating, maintaining, and ending conversations, encouraging others, and “growing” relationships and friendships

·       Increase skills related to listening, making decisions, compromising, resolving conflicts, understanding others’ perspectives, and communicating opinions, feelings, and needs

·       Increase a variety of skills related to social cognition, social communication and interaction, and relationship development

·       Increase understanding of the meanings and mores of community

·       Increase skills necessary for working and making decisions as a group

Goal:  To increase self-related skills

·       Increase self-awareness and understanding to enhance ability to fit in with a variety of peers.

·       Increase ability to self-reflect and evaluate and adjust behaviors accordingly to make the “right” impression on others

·       Increase ability to manage and communicate emotions and handle disappointments

·       Increase self-esteem and self-confidence through experiencing successful social interactions

Goal: To increase community- and group-related social skills

·       Increase quantity and quality of table manners

·       Increase awareness and skills specific to public behaviors and manners

·       Increase ability to discriminate between public and private behaviors

·       Increase skills and tolerance for waiting in lines, waiting for food in a restaurant, and waiting for a turn

·       Increase money-related skills for paying admissions, restaurant costs, tips, and other community expenses