Social Skills Group:
One
of the most compromised areas of deficit that children with Autism and
Aspergers face is social skills. BHW has
developed a social skills program with specific goals for members with
similar
needs where the target behaviors are relevant to each member of the
group. Groups are formed based on age and needs and
have low adult to client ratio. Topics
such as perspective taking, controlling emotional expression,
negotiating
conflicts, experiencing intimacy, and initiating, sustaining and
terminating
appropriate interactions are targeted in social skill groups. Group
facilitation involves stimulating
social motivation, managing interfering behaviors, reinforcing social
initiation and social responding, and creating opportunities for skill
generalization. | 
