SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS

Social skills which are needed to successfully maintain relationships with others include:

• maintaining conversations

• making and keeping friends

• working in a group

• expressing empathy towards other

• creating and holding boundaries

• solving problems

• resolving conflicts
  
  

The Village social skills groups will allow your teenager or young adult to practice these skills in a safe therapeutic environment.  

During each session, your teen will learn and practice a new skill while interacting with other group members.  Specific groupings of participants will be based on age and level of social development.

Your teen will learn:

• Conversational Skills

• Respect & Boundaries

• Peer Etiquette

• How to deal with Gossip/Rumors

• Avoiding Bullying, Teasing and Fighting

• Boundaries with technology

Research shows improvement in:

• Social skills in the community

• The ability to be successful in group activities with other teens

• Assertiveness

• Self-esteem