Specialty Social Skills Groups & Services

Too many children, teens and young adults struggle to get along, make friends, keep those friends, and develop satisfying and rewarding social lives.  Settings like the lunch room, recess, gym and group work range from tolerable to downright painful.  Those who struggle often feel confused, hurt, isolated, rejected, teased, or bullied.

Is your child struggling too?  Have you tried social skills groups only to be disappointed with lackluster results?  Are they having fun in group, but continue to struggle in the real world?  Do they still get stuck in one way of thinking or one set of expectations?  There is a reason for that…

Many of the programs in use were developed by for-profit companies, not researchers.  In these programs, the research is minimal and the evidence is scant.  But, it doesn’t have to be this way…

We believe you deserve high quality, reliable, and effctive services from a compassionate and well-trained provider.  That’s why we’ve done our due diligence and looked for programs with solid research and strong evidence.

We have been working with children, teens, and young adults for over two decades.  Our goal is to provide research and evidence-based interventions that expand the number of tools in their toolbox.  Using a developmental hierarchy, we’ll walk them through each of the five steps needed to truly learn and use new social executive function and social interaction skills in any setting and with any person they choose.  With a new sense of confidence, they’ll feel more comfortable with the unexpected, step outside their comfort zone, and develop stronger friendships.

Yes, we still do that!  After over two decades working with children, we have developed niches in social skills (probably obvious by now), Childhood Apraxia of Speech, and dyslexia/early reading and spelling.  We are driven to work on some of the most complex areas in the field of speech-language pathology.