Social Skill Groups.

Now interviewing for winter groups beginning the week of January 3rd, 2011.

Call 646.620.5060 or email rhea.hooper@speakingissocial.com to schedule an intake consultation or for more information.

We provide creative, customized groups designed to teach appropriate social thinking skills to children who have social cognition challenges. Children with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome, anxiety, ADHD, and non-verbal learning disability will greatly benefit from our curriculum. The program is informed by the work of Michelle Garcia Winner and her Social Thinking curriculum, as well as other research-based methods.

Winter 2011 Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3:30-4:30 5-7 year olds Tribeca Location 5:00 - 6:00 9-11 year old boys Tribeca Location	3:30 - 4:30 5-7 year olds 5th Avenue Location 4:45 - 5:45 8-11 year old girls 5th Avenue Location	3:30 - 4:30 5-7 year olds Tribeca Location 4:45-5:45 7-9 year olds Tribeca Location	4:45 - 5:45 5-7 year olds Tribeca Location	4:30 - 5:30 7-9 year olds Tribeca Location

Group Structure

Each group is fully customized to address the social thinking and pragmatic language needs of the participants.
Each participant is comprehensively evaluated to ensure placement in a group with peers that are well matched for level of perspective taking, social maturity, cognitive flexibility, and interest.
Groups generally consist of 3-5 participants

Generalization and Parent Involvement:

Our social thinking groups were designed with generalization in mind!
Weekly parent participation and education.
Weekly assignments designed to promote direct generalization of the skills learned.

Fees:

$110 per session
Sessions run according to semester and are paid upfront for the whole semester prior to the first session.
Sessions are generally eligible for reimbursement by insurance.

What are groups designed to address?

Pragmatic language
- Using language for different purposes
- Changing language according to the needs of a listener or situation, such as:
  - talking differently to a baby than to an adult
  - giving background information to an unfamiliar listener
  - speaking differently in a classroom than on a playground
Social Thinking / Social Cognition
- Perspective taking
- Empathy
- Flexibility
- Being part of a group
- Reciprocity
- Mapping expected/unexpected behaviors for different activities and situations
- Problem solving
- Emotional regulation and regulation of reactions
- Understanding what people mean by what they say

In order to determine if your child would benefit from these groups, please contact Rhea Hooper, M.A., CCC-SLP to schedule an intake appointment at Rhea.Hooper@SpeakingisSocial.com or call 646.620.5060 today.