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Friendzone has now graduated to social

skills groups for 18-30 year olds.

GO TO: FriendZoneYoungAdults.com

Mission:  Our mission is to assist children who may need extra help in developing social skills. We provide a relaxed, engaging social environment made up of small,
age-appropriate groups in which children are taught basic socialization practices. 
The children implement these skills while participating in games and activities in a supportive, guided atmosphere.

About the background:  Research has shown that children who have good social skills grow to be the most successful adults. 
For some children, these social skills are not innate and need to be developed in a guided, nurturing environment through instruction and play with peers. 
The children we are targeting are those inmainstream classes who are finding it difficult to make and maintain friendships for a variety of reasons.  Instruction in social skills, however, cannot be presented from a book, CD or video in an isolated manner. Children must have a means to practice the skills they are taught in a social environment with knowledgeable adults guiding them.  Most importantly, they must do so while having fun and being introduced to other children with whom to share this experience.

About our program: We set up social groups with children of similar ages in each group.  We meet once a week with each session being one hour in duration.  During each session we focus on a particular social skill.  We define the skill and discuss it in an age-appropriate manner.  We may use role playing and various demonstrations to help children understand the goal.  Then we have the children practice that skill during an activity, game or similar experience.  We conclude with a review of the day's learning and discuss how that skill may be implemented at home and in school during the coming week.  Each week also includes a quick review of previous sessions.