Our social skills therapy courses provide instruction, demonstrations, modeling, practice, and promotion of transfer and generalization in the following areas to increase skills and opportunities for positive social interactions for children with social skills needs:
- Joint attention
- Shared enjoyment
- Perspective taking
- Compromising
- Greetings
- Sharing
- Turn-taking
- Reciprocal Conversation
- and other key skills for school, home and community success!
Here are some links about the need for and effectiveness of social skills in general:
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/factsheets/socialskills_fs.aspx
Published Social Thinking Research
Social Skills Therapy Class Formats
Prices range from $850-$2100 per term (see term registration form for more information)
Ages | Skills Developed | Direct Instruction | Other Activities |
---|---|---|---|
Preschool | Relationship building and social thinking are developed through:
| 1 hr | 1/2 hr Guided Play |
Elementary | Social understanding and skills are developed through:
| 1 hr | 1/2 hr Guided Play, 1/2 hr "How to do recess & choice time" |
Tweens | “Kids Chat & Chill” — Social understanding and skills are developed through:
| 1 hr | 2-4 hrs Therapeutic Recreation |
Teens | “Teens Talk Teens Rock” — Individual and group social behavior skills are developed through instruction in:
| 1 hr | 2-4 hrs Therapeutic Recreation |
Transition (age 16+) | Transition“Young Adults” — A venue to address personal and social-related issues through a guided discussion format. Group members work together to develop topic and community outing ideas. Also called "Young Adults Group."
Participants learn and develop a wide variety of skills:
| 1 hr | 2-4 hrs Therapeutic Recreation |
Parent Orientation Meetings (POM’s)