INTRODUCING OUR BRAND NEW SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS

Session Dates:

Session 1: September 9th — November 18th

*Registration for Session 1 ends September 3rd*

Session 2: January 6th — March 16th

*Registration for Session 2 ends January 3rd*

Cost:

Tuition is $700 per 10 week session

$350 due at time of registration

Insurance billing may be available

Sign Up:

Call 847–933-9339 for more information or to sign up

GROUPS AND TIMES:

Mondays:

Show Me — 11:00am-12:00am

A drop in play group to help parents learn more about developmental targets and trajectory and what you can do at home to help your child develop these skills. This group is geared toward ages 1–4

How To Quiet the Storm — 4:15pm-5:15pm

A group designed for girls ages 10–14 who would benefit from group processing and symptom management of anxiety

Tuesdays:

Social Butterflies — 4:30pm-5:30pm

A group designed for kids ages 5–8 to help build fundamental social competencies and improve social and academic performance through fun and engaging activities.

Skills for Life Success — 4:15pm-5:15pm

Skills for Life Success is a group designed for individuals with high functioning autism or mild intellectual disabilities who are between the ages of 17–22 who are in need of developing pragmatic skills for life success. Teens and young adults who may be a good fit for this group are those who are independent in most basic daily living skills (e.g., toileting, showering), spend at least some of their day (or did so in the past if they have already graduated from high school) with general education peers, have at least a fourth grade reading level, and display fluent language skills. Participants should be able to engage in respectful, productive dialogue with both peers and facilitators as well as a degree of self‐reflection. Topics to be addressed include: problem solving styles, money management, household management, time management and goal setting, interviewing and professional comportment, and emotional awareness. 

Wednesdays:

Regulation/Relaxation — 9:30am-10:15am

This group will encourage body awareness, movement, breath control, language, and visual imagery for pre‐school kids ages 3–5

Secret Agents — 4:15pm-5:00pm

Welcome to the Secret Agent Academy! Here you will learn all the skills needed to become a member of the Secret Agent Society. In this 10 week training course, you will be trained on how to spy out emotions in others, control your own emotions, and cope with confusion and making mistakes. At the end of this training, you will graduate as a full‐fledged Secret Agent ready to tackle social interactions wherever you may find them. This program is a combination of therapist led computer game and a cooperative board game where students learn a variety of social skills all in a fun and engaging format, teaching kids to become “secret agents” for social cues and how to “blend in” by using appropriate social skills in a variety of settings. Children will learn skills on how to meet new people, talk and play with others, and deal with bullying or teasing. The group is designed for kids ages 8–12 with high functioning autism or general social skills challenges. 

Guild Chronicles — 5:15pm — 6:00pm

Imagine a world full of fantasy, mystery, and magic. Terrible creatures roam the unexplored wildernesses, kings rule over the lands, and the world is full of elves, dwarves, dragons, and other fantastical creatures. You are entering the land of Guild Chronicles, a table top, role‐playing game where players imagine themselves as heroes in an interactive story with fantasy themes. The story is led by the group leader and the participants each control a character in the story. Each character has a set of attributes that he/she can develop through the course of the story and as goals are achieved. In this group, adolescents between the ages of 11–14 learn cooperative problem solving skills, teamwork, and working towards collective goals in a fun, imaginative, environment that is similar to that of games like Dungeons and Dragons. This group is designed for adolescents with high functioning autism or general social skills challenges. 

Thursdays:

Social Leaders — 4:30pm-5:30pm

A group designed for kids ages 9–12 to help further develop and practice social thinking and language skills through experiential and practical lessons and interactive activities.