17/03/2025
In this program, a variety of approaches are utilized to ensure every child’s success in a wide array of social situations. Our focus is for the children to become more aware of their bodies, their environment, and those around them while incorporating socialization, which are the essential stepping stones in learning the skills needed for one to be successful with their peers. Overall themes are used to make learning social skills fun, exciting, and memorable for the children to help them generalize what they are learning in groups into their home, school, and community. This group is for any student who struggles in social situations, is having difficulty making and sustaining friendships, and wants to learn/ enhance social skills. Each day we incorporate small lessons and activities (i.e. role playing, arts and crafts, books, music, social skills videos, video clips of themselves, cooperative games, etc.) to meet the overall daily goal of socially appropriate behavior.
The topics that are addressed and incorporated into our group include, but are not limited to:
• Non-verbal language: Eye Contact, Body Talk, Voice Modulation, Body Awareness, & Personal Space. Reading Social Cues
• Emotions: Understanding Facial Expressions, Feelings, and How to Respond
• Developing Conversation / Listening Skills: Greetings, Initiating Conversations, Answering Questions, Reciprocal Language, Topic Circle & Space Shuttle (Topic Maintenance), Body Talk, & Brave Talk
• Being a Good Sport: Self-Control, Frustration Tolerance, Impulse Control, Team Work, Playing Fair, Waiting, Taking Turns, & Sharing
• Getting and Staying in the Game / Taking Part and Attending to Peer or Adult Directed Activities
• Conflict Resolution & Problem Solving
• Thinking of Others, Helping Friends, Doing Your Part, & Manners
• Imaginative / Pretend Play & Play
