Social Skills

We often assume that social skills  emerge naturally during development, but the fact is that many kids benefit form direct support to develop their "social smarts".  Designed and facilitated by an occupational therapist and psychologist, our social skills groups teach positive social behaviours in a fun and supportive setting.  Targeted skills include initiating and maintaining joint play, flexible problem-solving, body awareness, conversational skills, conflict management, and emotional control.

Children who would benefit from our social skills groups are those who appear to:

• Feel lonely or complain about being left out in social situations
• Have difficulty interpreting social cues (e.g. body language, tone of voice, personal space), or frequently misinterpret other's intentions
• Be shy, passive or fearful in situations with other children
• Are easily frustrated, overly competitive, or have frequent conflicts with other children
• React to new social situations in awkward or unpredictable ways