Social Savvy

Social Skills Building Groups for ages 3-17

The Center for Psychological and Educational Assessment is pleased to offer a new social skills group for the spring of 2011. Our new program, Social Savvy, focuses on teaching practical and age appropriate social skills to children ages 3-17. Applicability and practicality are at the heart of our new program philosophy. Skills taught range from appropriate greetings to how to make and keep friends. Students are grouped according to age and functionality and there is a maximum of 6 students in each group.

The groups run for 6-week sessions and meet once a week. The total cost for the 6-week session is $300. All sessions are held at our Marietta center location. Groups are lead by Alison Ratner, LCSW and social skills expert. A registration form and fee are required to hold your child's spot in the group and to cover the cost of supplies and materials. Groups will not be held if there are not 3 students enrolled. Meeting times are listed below. Please call our office to confirm that there is an opening in your child's age range. 

Meeting Times

3-5 Year Olds:      Mondays from 3:30-4:30

6-8 Year Olds:      Mondays from 4:30-5:30

     9-12 Year Olds:    Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30

    13-17 Year Olds:   Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30

Questions?  Call or email us:  office(at)atlantachildpsych.com

Goals

Enhancing social acceptance by providing a fun, safe, therapeutic environment where students learn to make and keep friends. Target behaviors include taking turns, asking for help, initiating conversation, joining social groups, expressing feelings appropriately, and 'reading' other people.  Children will be grouped based on skill level and appropriate objectives.

Structure

Facilitator to include a clinician with experience working with autism spectrum disorders and ADHD.  Activities to incorporate a multidisciplinary approach to teaching social skills.  Each group session includes structured lessons, social games, role playing, video modeling, and parent training.  The social savvy group series focuses heavily on the following social skills:  Reciprocal conversation, friendship skills, pragmatics of language, self regulation, expressing feelings, greetings, cooperative play skills, and empathy.