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Social Skills Groups
Children's Friendship Training (CFT)
Children’s Friendship Training (CFT) is a 12-week evidence-based social skills program designed for elementary school children who struggle with forming and maintaining friendships. In each session, children learn vital social skills through interactive activities, while parents participate in separate sessions to learn how to support their children's social development.
Your child may benefit from the program if they:
- Have few or no friends
- Display bossy, controlling, or aggressive behavior
- Are shy, reserved, or inattentive
- Struggle with sharing or resolving conflicts
- Experience being ignored, rejected, or bullied
- Rarely receive invitations to social events
In each small-group session, children learn and practice new skills together. Weekly assignments help them apply these skills in daily life, while parents learn to support their child's social development.
Teens SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP
PEERS® for Adolescents
PEERS® for Adolescents is an evidence-based social skills program for adolescents in middle and
high school who are interested in making and keeping friends and/or handling conflict and rejection.
Adolescents and parents attend 16 weekly group sessions for 90 minutes per week. Participants are taught social skills through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities by PEERS® certified providers. Parents attend separate sessions simultaneously and are taught how to assist adolescents in making and keeping friends (parent participation is required).
What are the participation requirements?
- Have friendship problems
- Teens in middle school or high school
- Teens must be interested in attending the program
- Teens must agree to participate in the program voluntarily
- Teens must consistently attend the program
- Parent must be willing to participate
In each small-group session, teen learn and practice new skills together. Weekly assignments help them apply these skills in daily life, while parents learn to support their child's social development.
Young Adult Social Skills Group
PEERS® for Young Adults
PEERS for Young Adults is an evidence-based social skills program for adults who are interested in
making and keeping friends and/or developing romantic relationships.
Young adults and social coaches (typically parents or other caregivers) attend 16 weekly group sessions for 90 minutes per week. Participants are taught social skills through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities by PEERS® certified providers. Social coaches attend separate sessions simultaneously and are taught how to assist adults in
making and keeping friends and/or dating.
What are the participation requirements?
- Have friendship problems
- Young adults ages 18-35 years old; graduated from high school
- Young adults must be interested in attending the program
- Young adults must consistently attend the program
- Young adults must agree to participate voluntarily in the program
- Young adults must have a consistent social coach willing to attend the program each week
In each small-group session, participants learn and practice new skills together. Weekly assignments help them apply these skills in daily life, while parents or other caregivers learn to support their child's social development.
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