This small group social skills coaching class is designed to increase your child's ability to communicate socially and improve their emotional intelligence.  It can be taken alone, but could also be paired with my 1-1 Social Skills class in order to receive a more personalized and in-depth experience. 

Although this class is perfect for neurodivergent students who sometimes struggle with social skills (ADHD, Autism spectrum), it is open to any student who would like to improve their communication and social skills. 

I purposely keep this class very small, limiting it to only 4-5 students, in order to give students as much personal attention and practice time as possible.  I have set very small age ranges as well, in order to group students with similarly aged peers. I feel that is important when gaining peer experience with social skills. If you feel that your child functions at an age that is different from their chronological age, please reach out to me and I will help you to select the most appropriate age group. This class listing is for ages 8-10.

Each class will consist of the following format:
1. Approximately 5 minutes of general socializing time
2. Approximately 10 minutes of teacher instruction on a specific skill
3. Approximately 10 minutes of paired practice of that skill (with a class of 4 students, 1 pair will converse while using a certain skill, and the other pair will observe. We will then switch to the other pair, and the first pair will listen.  I will ensure that practice time is as equal as possible for each student)
4. Approximately 5 minutes of teacher feedback on the paired practice, as well as assigning of outside of class practice.


Our schedule is as follows (Please note that there are 2 schedules, depending on meeting day):
Classes that meet on Monday through Thursday:
Week of 6/10: Personality types (Introvert vs. Extrovert) and how to recognize and respect the differences
Week of 6/17: Reciprocal Conversations
Week of 6/24: Reciprocal Conversations continued
Week of 7/1: Starting Conversations with Confidence (NO CLASS FOR THE 7/4 SECTION THIS WEEK)
Week of 7/8: Importance of Eye Contact
NO CLASS THE WEEK OF 7/15!
Week of 7/22: Starting Conversations (Asking questions, asking for advice)
Week of 7/29: Starting Conversations (Using compliments, introducing self to strangers)
Week of 8/5: Starting Conversations (Shared experiences, wrapping up with practicing all techniques)
Week of 8/12: Maintaining conversations (Asking open-ended questions)
Week of 8/19: Maintaining conversations (Conversational branching)
Week of 8/26: Maintaining conversations (Shared interests)
Week of 9/2 (NO CLASS FOR MONDAY SECTIONS THIS WEEK!): Wrapping up maintaining conversations using all techniques
Week of 9/16: Active Listening Part 1 (Nonverbal)
Week of 9/23: Active Listening Part 2 (Verbal)
Week of 9/30: Recognizing of Nonverbal Cues
Week of 10/7: Ending Conversations Part 1
Week of 10/14 (NO CLASS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY SECTIONS THIS WEEK!): Ending Conversations Part 2
Week of 10/21: How to enter ongoing conversations 
Week of 10/28: Group conversations vs. individual conversations
Week of 11/4: Group Conversation Vs. Individual Conversations Part 2
Week of 11/11: Difficult Conversations
NO CLASS THE WEEK OF 11/18
Week of 11/18: Difficult Conversations Part 2

Classes that meet on Sundays:
Week of 8/18: Personality types (Introvert vs. Extrovert) and how to recognize and respect the differences
Week of 8/25: Reciprocal Conversations
NO CLASS THE WEEK OF 9/1!
Week of 9/8: Reciprocal Conversations continued
Week of 9/15: Starting Conversations with Confidence 
Week of 9/22: Importance of Eye Contact
Week of 9/29: Starting Conversations (Asking questions, asking for advice)
Week of 10/6: Starting Conversations (Using compliments, introducing self to strangers)
NO CLASS THE WEEK OF 10/13!
Week of 10/20: Starting Conversations (Shared experiences, wrapping up with practicing all techniques)
Week of 10/27: Maintaining conversations (Asking open-ended questions)
Week of 11/3: Maintaining conversations (Conversational branching)
Week of 11/10: Maintaining conversations (Shared interests)
Week of 11/17: Wrapping up maintaining conversations using all techniques
Week of 11/24: Active Listening Part 1 (Nonverbal)
Week of 12/1: Active Listening Part 2 (Verbal)
Week of 12/8: Recognizing of Nonverbal Cues
Week of 12/15: Ending Conversations Part 1
NO CLASS THE WEEKS OF 12/22 AND 12/29!
Week of 1/5: Ending Conversations Part 2
Week of 1/12: How to enter ongoing conversations 
Week of 1/19: Group Conversation Vs. Individual Conversations
Week of 1/26: Group Conversation Vs. Individual Conversations Part 2
Week of 2/2: Difficult Conversations
NO CLASS THE WEEK OF 2/9!
Week of 2/16: Difficult Conversations Part 2



A couple of things to note:
-It is important for the student to have the camera turned on throughout the class. Although I normally don't mind cameras being turned off in other classes, it is important for them to be on in this class to help with nonverbal communication skills.
-Feel free to drop in and out as needed, depending on what topics you are most wanting instruction on. 
-Schedule will be added to as we progress through the classes.