Join us for 8 active sessions focused on play skills and social skills such as joining play, taking turns, and losing a game.  Children will have the opportunity to practice together with prompting & support from facilitators.

 This is ideal for children who have completed prior programs and will benefit from an opportunity to generalize and practice previously taught skills in a supportive environment.

Practice and boost social skills weekly through our games night. Each week a relevant social skills will be covered to enhance the social skill toolbox involving play games with others.  We will also focus on learning to play (the game, if required), following the game rules and appropriately handling situations that occur while playing games.

Children’s Friendship Training (CFT) is a social skills intervention in which participants will learn and practice foundational social skills, through a variety of engaging and fun activities.  CFT is an evidence-based, group-format, parent-assisted social skills intervention for children. 

This training is geared towards motivated children who are interested in learning ways to help them make and keep friends. During each group session, children are taught crucial social skills and are given the opportunity to practice these skills in session during role-play and play activities (e.g. sports, board games, etc.). Parents are taught how to assist their children in making and keeping friends by providing feedback through coaching during weekly socialization homework assignments designed to build on skills practiced in the sessions. 

Topics Covered:

• How to ‘play detective’ to find common interests

• How to join a group of kids at play

• How to handle rejection, teasing, and bullying

• How to be a good host on a playdate

• How to be a good winner

• How to be a good sport

• How to show respect to adults

• How to make phone calls to friends

 Participation requirements:

• Both the child and 1 designated parent need to commit to attending the entire 10 week program (consideration will be given if someone is ill)

• Child must have difficulties establishing and/or maintaining friendships

• Child must have verbal communication skills

• Child must be able to participate in a group setting without additional support beyond that provided within the program

• Child must demonstrate emerging social skills (interest in engaging with peers, attempts to verbally communicate, manages emotions in a non-aggressive way) and an interest in building relationships with same-aged peers

• Children must be interested in attending the program

Confidence and Bullying Prevention is a program designed by Model Me Kids. The program provides tools for preventing bullying and building self-esteem. Through videos, a workbook, discussions, and activities, the program will cover:

• Self-Advocacy

• Peer Pressure

• Choosing Friends

• Building Strengths

• Visualization

• Positive Self-Talk

• Scripting

• Stay with Others

• Telling Isn't Tattling

• Walk Tall

Conversation Cues is a 12-session program teaching the skills needed during conversations.  Sessions are taught using a variety of activities, videos, workbooks, and role-plays. Topics covered include;

• When To Start the Conversation

• Cue: Interested

• Cue: Not Interested

• How To Start a Conversation

• Cue: Bored

• Take Turns

• Maintain Conversation

• Talk on Topic

• Cue: Disbelief

• Cue: Confused

• My Cues

• End Conversation

Time for a Playdate is a 12-session program using video modeling, games, activities, and practice to support developing skills used during playdates.  Several contexts are used to support generalization. The sessions will focus on the following skills;

• Greet Friend

• Share

• Guest Chooses

• Stay with Friend 

• Losing is OK

• Talk on Topic

• Answer

• Take Turns

• Play His Way

• Eye Contact

• Clean Up

• Say Goodbye