Social Skills
Program Overview: This intensive, hands-on program will span 8 weeks, using
evidence-based, neurodiversity-affirming strategies to help participants develop essential social skills in a supportive and inclusive environment. We celebrate each teen's individuality and strive to empower them to navigate social situations with confidence.
What to Expect: Through interactive activities and real-world practice, participants will focus on building key social skills that help form meaningful connections with peers. Some of the topics we will cover include:
● Perspective Taking, observing oneself and others, understanding different points of view, cultivating empathy.
● Basic & Advanced Conversation Skills: Initiating, maintaining, and ending conversations, understanding nonliteral language, and using humor and online communication effectively.
● Nonverbal Communication: Exploring personal space, body language, active listening, and tone of voice.
● Situational Awareness: Learning to read the room, adapt to new environments, and manage behaviors during mealtime.
● Problem Solving: Handling conflict, rejection, teasing, and building self-advocacy skills.
● Hygiene: Learning the importance of cleanliness, creation of hygiene schedules to promote independence, grooming, and dressing appropriately for different situations.
● Job Preparation: Practice of essential skills such as greeting others, problem solving skills, self-advocacy, and understanding professional boundaries, helping them feel confident and ready to enter future job environments.
