Social Skills Groups
Summer 2023 Social Skills Groups
Research has shown that strong social communication is essential for establishing and maintaining deep, positive, and healthy relationships with peers. Bright Buddies Social Skills Group offers a safe space to practice social language and build friendships! Bright Buddies will develop the skills to:
- Show empathy toward others
- Deal with conflict
- Make and maintain friendships
- Problem solve
- Engage in conversation
- Understand emotions
- Play with a buddy
Program Details
Bright Buddies is offering two different groups this summer: Morning groups for kids between 3-4 years old and afternoon groups for kids 5-7 years old! Groups will meet twice weekly to support the development of skills and friendships! Groups are led by Speech-Language Therapists with expertise in speech, language, and social language development. Your child will learn about:
- Turn-taking and sharing
- Appropriate ways to seek attention from others
- Greetings and Social Bids
- Paying attention to a friend who is talking
- Maintaining self-control and restraining impulses
- Asking for help and helping others
- Being flexible when playing with friends
Play is how kids learn best, so we will accomplish all of this through COOPERATIVE PLAY! Each week will bring a new theme to keep Buddies motivated and engaged, including cooking, arts and crafts, activities in our movement space, and more!
