Ascent Autism
Website: https://ascentautism.com
Services: Ascent provides social skills group therapy. We help individuals with autism develop their social skills and grow social and emotional bonds with peers.
DeleteClub Beacons
Website: https://www.beaconsnorthcounty.com/club-beacons
Services: Club Beacons is designed to facilitate and introduce social activities for persons with mild/moderate intellectual disabilities for teens 16+ years and older
Location: Carlsbad
Email: Club@BeaconsNorthCounty.com
Contact: (760) 448-6230
DeleteOutschool – Online Classes
Website: https://outschool.com/online-classes
Services: Online sessions and classes tailored for neurodiverse children to work on social skills
DeletePEERS Social Skills Group for Adolescents
Website: https://www.semel.ucla.edu/peers/teens
Services: Teens are taught social skills through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations, and practice these skills during group socialization activities. Parents attend separate sessions simultaneously and are taught how to assist their teens in making and keeping friends.
Contact: 310-267-3377
Email: peersclinic@ucla.edu
Location: Semel Institute 760 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles , CA 90024
DeleteRCHSD Autism Discovery Institute (ADI) – Hi Fives
Contact: (858) 966-7453, ext. 246170
Services: A social skills group for children with autism spectrum disorders at or around 5 years of age. Goals for Hi Fives include: reciprocity in social interactions, flexibility in play, negotiating, joint decision making and making new friends. The group will include a parent-training component at the onset and in the middle of the 12-week group.
DeleteRCHSD Autism Discovery Institute (ADI) - LINC’d (Listen, Interact, Negotiate, Cooperate)
Contact: (858) 966-7453, ext. 246170
Services: A co-ed social skills group for children with autism spectrum disorders between 7-9 years of age. Objectives for the group include: learn about the components of friendship, learn to listen to, negotiate and cooperate with others, maintain reciprocal interactions, increase frustration tolerance and learn how to deal wtih teasing and bullying. The group will include a parent-training component at the onset and in the middle of the 12-week group.
DeleteRCHSD Autism Discovery Institute (ADI) - PEERS
Contact: (858) 966-7453, ext. 246170
Services: A social skills group for adolescents ages 12-17 with difficulties making and keeping friends, and their parents. Teens learn to use appropriate conversational skills, find common interests by trading information, appropriately use humor, handle rejection, teasing and bullying, and more. PEERS also includes a parent group equipping parents on how to assist their teens in making and keeping friends, expand their teen’s social network, and provide feedback through coaching. PEERS is open to adolescents with any diagnosis associated with social difficulties, including autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder and social communication disorder.
DeleteS.K.I.P. Supporting Kids Involving Parents
Website: https://temeculaca.gov/807/Special-Needs-Programs
Services: The S.K.I.P. (Supporting Kids Involving Parents) Program, is an exciting "parent and me" program that provides children with special needs opportunities for sensory enrichment, improvement of social skills, recreational play, and parent support. While children learn and grow, parents interact with others who understand what it is like to raise a child with special needs. Ages: 0-12
DeleteSocial Communication Specialist
Contact: 858-558-9552
Email: info@socialcommunicationspecialists.com
Website: https://socialcommunicationspecialists.com/
Services: At SCS we provide both one-on-one and group social thinking therapy where children, teens and young adults learn and practice social communication.
Location: 5703 Oberlin Dr, Ste 207 San Diego, CA 92121
DeleteTesserae Family Therapy: PEERS
Contact: (858) 771-4359
Website: https://tesseraefamilytherapy.com/peers/
Services: PEERS is a mannualized, social skills training program for adolescents (12-17) with social difficulties. The goal is to learn how to make and keep friends.
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