What is social skills training?

Social skills are the skills we use to communicate and interact with each other, both verbally and non-verbally, through gestures, body language and our personal appearance. Various kinds of developmental challenges such as autism or ADHD can make it hard for children to pick up on and send the nonverbal cues that most people use as a form of relating to each other. Eye contact as a way of establishing connection or looking away as a signal that someone wants to end a conversation and do something else are examples of the cues that some children can often miss.

How can I help my child who needs better social skills?

At CTS we form social communication skills groups with age-appropriate peers with similar interests. These groups are lead by a speech-language pathologist who helps children learn and use social communication skills.

Goals might include helping children learn to carry on a conversation, use appropriate tone of voice, maintain a conversational topic, take turns, share and cooperate to help complete a group project.

For social skills resources visit:

Understood

Super Duper Handy Handouts

Social Thinking