THE CHILDREN'S THERAPY LEARNING CENTER
A PLACE WHERE ALL CHILDREN SHINE!

THE BUDDY BUNCH SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP - WHERE CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO MAKE AND KEEP FRIENDS

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Effective social skills are essential for success throughout one's life. Being socially savvy often outweighs other practical skills in overall success. At The Children’s Therapy & Learning Center, we realize that social skills do not come easy to all children, but we believe that ALL children have the ability to improve their social competency and can benefit from social skills training.

At The Children’s Therapy & Learning Center, our goal is to maximize children’s social competency by capitalizing on their motivations and strengths. We strive to help each child develop the ultimate self-awareness and recognition of others’ perspectives to know what to do in social situations, and to assure success in making and keeping friends! The focus is not only on teaching or drilling a specific skill. Rather, we teach social thinking through various hands-on learning modalities. As such, children become more aware of their bodies, their environment, and of those around them while incorporating socialization. At The Children’s TLC, we provide a variety of unique opportunities and assorted peer groups to help facilitate social skills and social thinking in children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Groups offered include:

• The Buddy Bunch Social Skills Training Groups
• 1:1 Social Skills Training
• Facilitated Playdates at the park, schoolyard, child's home, or at The Children’s TLC 
• Sensory Motor & Core Concepts in Action Groups
• Sibling Groups (for children with siblings who have special needs)
• PEERS Teen Social Skills Training Group
• Social Thinking Groups for 3-18 year-olds

Medicaid Family-Directed Funds may be used for these services. Please contact your Support Broker or Case Manager to arrange funding allocation.

Your Child Can Benefit from Social Skills Training if They:

• Don't read non-verbal social cues (i.e., body language, facial expressions, etc.)
• Invade the personal space of others
• Appear to be left out, are frequently picked last for teams or games, or feel lonely
• Complain that “nobody likes me” and lack friends of their own age
• Act overly silly to get attention or shut down in social situations
• Act shy or have low self confidence
• Have poor eye contact
• Have difficulty using an appropriate tone and volume of voice
• Have difficulties greeting others, initiating, and maintaining conversations
• Have difficulties expressing opinions and feelings
• Have difficulties joining in play with peers
• Have difficulties with joint attention or staying in the game
• Are impulsive or interrupt others
• Have difficulties not going first or losing
• Isolate or withdraw themselves from peers
• Fail to recognize others’ perspectives
• Lack imaginative play skills and the ability to sustain play
• Have difficulty sharing, taking turns, and playing games
• Have difficulty showing appropriate emotional responses (i.e., laughing at jokes, showing empathy)
• Have poor problem-solving or conflict resolution skills
• Have a diagnosis of Autism, Asperger’s, PDD, ADHD, ADD, Auditory Processing or Sensory Integration Disorders, Anxiety, or are Gifted/Talented