Social Skills Groups
Social Skills Groups
Social skills groups are designed to help children, adolescents, teens, young adults, and adults gain more helpful ways of connecting and communicating. Within these groups, we help members learn more positive ways of expressing themselves and connecting with others. The goal is to create as much of a natural environment as possible to ensure the likelihood of generalization and use of skills.
These groups meet weekly for one hour and can be ongoing. We form these groups by matching members of appropriate ages with similar interests, skill-based needs, and treatment goals. There are typically 3-6 individuals in a group. We incorporate art, expressive techniques, games, activities, teamwork challenges, and discussions to develop skills and create positive connections with others in an experiential environment.
Serving ages 3 and up
What are social skills?
Social skills are any skill facilitating interaction and communication with others. Social rules and relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways. The process of learning such skills is called socialization.
Interpersonal skills are sometimes also referred to as people skills or communication skills. Interpersonal skills are the skills a person uses to communicate and interact with others. They include persuasion, active listening, delegation, and leadership. Some people are naturally good at navigating the social world, whereas others need help.
Social skills development is helpful for a variety of individuals. For this reason, we offer social skills groups for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults that have diagnoses like ADHD, Autism Spectrum (ASD), anxiety, or for those who need practice becoming more assertive and confident. These groups are lead by our trained, professional staff.
Who would benefit?
Examples of skills that we focus on in group therapy
Listening
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Following Directions
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Impulse Control
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Joining In with Peers
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Making and Maintaining Friendships
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Communicating, Cooperating, & Compromising
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Learning to be Flexible
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Conversation Skills
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Conversation Skills
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Listening · Following Directions · Impulse Control · Joining In with Peers · Making and Maintaining Friendships · Communicating, Cooperating, & Compromising · Learning to be Flexible · Conversation Skills · Conversation Skills ·
Sharing & Turn-Taking
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Managing Frustrations
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Nonverbal Communication Skills
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Eye contact
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Tone of voice
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Personal Space
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Sharing & Turn-Taking · Managing Frustrations · Nonverbal Communication Skills · Eye contact · Tone of voice · Personal Space ·