SOCIAL SKILLS and COMMUNITY LEARNING GROUPS
Definition
 Good social skills are critical to successful functioning in life. Having good social skills allows a person the ability to make good choices, be a team player, keep a steady job, and behave appropriately in different situations. Social skills influence a person's daily life, academic performance, behavior, relationships, and involvement in the community. While most children pick up on positive skills through their everyday routines, children with disabilities may not recognize or learn appropriate social behavior. It is important that parents, therapists, and educators reinforce positive social skills with direct and indirect intervention. Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology work collaberatively in our groups. Each child must qualify through an individual evaluation and are placed in a group that would best fit that child's needs. Groups are offered during the summer.
Purpose

Social Skills and Community Learning groups promote the following skills:

  • Cooperation
  • Decision Making
  • Self Confidence
  • Positive Risk Taking
  • Anger Management
  • Recognizing/Understanding Another Person's Point of View
  • Social Problem Solving
  • Trust
  • Self Esteem
  • Leadership
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Active Listening
  • Effective Communication
  • Increased Tolerance and Acceptance of Others
  • Peer Negotiation
  • Positive Behavior
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Teamwork
  • Community Integration
  • Pre-vocational Skills
  • Independent Living Skills
Groups
Description
Pre-school For children ages 3 to 5 years old. We focus on play skills, sharing, caring, and manners.
School Age We have several groups offered in this group. Children are paired with peers of simliar age and grouped according to availability. Ages range from 6 to 11 years. The focus of this group is teamwork, cooperative learning, problem solving, conflict managment, and handling competative games.
Adolescent Along with encouraging positive behavior, leadership, teamwork, and responsibility, this group focuses on community integration, pre-vocational skills, and independent living skills. Getting clients involved in the community is the goal. We work on community involvement that could carry over to job-related and independent living skills. Clients have to go shopping, work on home/community management, volunteering, and appropriate behavior in public places. This group is for 12 year olds and above.

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