Social Skills
Social skills training is an important part of the programming for any child or adult with disabilities. Good social skills help the client become fully integrated into their home, school, and community.
Social skills training may improve:
- School and academic achievement
- Family, friend, and community relationships
- Awareness of social boundaries
Social Skills Goals:
We offer a wide array of services to help your child be successful
- Rituals and conversational skills
- Asking for information
- Giving information
- Responding to information
- Understanding body language
- Using appropriate body language
- Asking for help
- Requesting clarification
- Improving listening and attention
- Apologizing
- Sharing
- Asking for permission
- Maintaining positive social interactions and relationships
- Self-control during feelings of anger or frustration
- Problem-solving techniques
- Self-care, grooming, and hygiene
- Being a good sport and a good friend
Social Skills Results
Through social skills training your child can learn how to better read and respond to body language and facial expressions, as well as to manage their own. They are taught social conventions that can make it easier to build friendships and feel more confident in social settings.
Positive Interaction
Koala Academy assists children in learning to maintain positive social interactions and relationships by pairing them with like minded peers in a natural environment setting and coaching them through proper social cues and interactions while having fun.
Enhance Friendships
Koala Academy therapists work with children on ritual and conversational skills to enhance their friendships, family relationships and internal understanding of proper communication and daily routines. This enables children to have effective and meaningful input and output in a successful way with others.
Problem Solving
Koala Academy specializes in teaching children problem solving techniques in times of frustration, worry or anger. Using the science of ABA and practicing patience and understanding, our therapists will guide your child into a place of peace and confidence.
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