Social Thinking Groups
We are offering groups to facilitate social and emotional competence and confidence. Our mission is to help children and young adults gain the necessary life-long social skills to succeed in school and beyond.
- The groups are for children and teens with social-emotional challenges.
- The curriculum is based on Michelle Winner's Social Thinking (www.socialthinking.com)
- We incorporates video modeling so group members can observe their interactions and see first hand how they come across in a group setting. This allows them the opportunity to make adjustments in their interaction styles and make improvements in their social skills.
Fall 2011 Schedule:
Tuesday:
4-5:15pm Social Endeavors kids (k-2nd grade) - (Evanston)
Thursday
5-6pm social skills group for 1st-2nd grade age children (Northbrook)
Friday
12pm-1:15pm Social Endeavors kids (4-5 years old) - (Evanston)
Saturday (Nortbrook)
08:30 - 09:30am - 10-11 y old boys.
09:30 - 10:30am - 12-14 y old boys
10:30 - 11:30am - 11-14 boys
Our Curriculum:
- Nonverbal communication awareness
- Perspective taking – thinking about others and their feelings
- Flexibility and behavior regulation
- Conversational skills, exploring emotions of ourselves and others
- Social problem solving
- Cooperative and group activities, building on your strengths
- Improving social skills (especially for the bright but socially clueless)
Additional age groups are avialbale based on needs and good fit of kids.
The groups meet for an hour each semester, with two experienced therapists for each group meeting .