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Children's Friendship Training
Children’s Friendship Training Social Skills Group
Join us for a 8 week group focusing on social skills and making friends! The group lessons and programming will be clinically supervised by a Registered Behaviour Analyst (RBA).
Skills Focus:
Starting a conversation
Ending a conversation
Maintaining a conversation
Sharing information on interests
Understanding non-verbal communication
How to make and keep friends
Group Details:
This group is intended for children with Autism between the ages of 8-12 years old.
Group begins on Wednesday, April 9th from 6-7pm and runs for 8 weeks.
Each week will be a 1 hour lesson for caregivers and children.
This group takes place in person at our Peterborough office.
EXCITING NEWS: We know the cost of skill-building groups for children/youth with autism and their parents/guardians can be significant. Given the clinical oversight and expertise involved, we recognize the investment required. To support families in accessing these valuable services, we are grateful to be able to offer a one-time reduced price for this group, thanks to recent donations to our Canopy Cares Support Fund! The price of this group has been reduced by $200 per person for up to 8 participants.
The fee for this 8 week group is $2340.
Interested in this group? Please fill out the form below and we will connect with you shortly!
PEERS for Adolescents Social Skills Group
PEERS for Adolescents
Social Skills Group
PEERS for Adolescents is a 14-week evidence-based social skills program for adolescents in middle and high school who are interested in making and keeping friends and/or handling conflict and rejection.
Participants will learn:
Developing and Maintaining Friendships
Conversational skills
Entering and exiting conversations
Appropriate use of humor
Handling disagreements
Electronic communication
Being a good sport
Organizing get-togethers
Handling teasing and bullying
Changing Reputations
Group Details:
This group is for teens with a diagnosis of Autism, aged 13-17 years old.
This 14 week group begins Thursday, March 20th 2025, and runs until Thursday, June 19th, 2025.
Each week the group will take place from 6-7pm and participants 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 adolescents in making and keeping friends (parent participation Is required).
This group takes place in person at our Peterborough office.
EXCITING NEWS: We know the cost of skill-building groups for children/youth with autism and their parents/guardians can be significant. Given the clinical oversight and expertise involved, we recognize the investment required. To support families in accessing these valuable services, we are grateful to be able to offer a one-time reduced price for this group, thanks to recent donations to our Canopy Cares Support Fund! The price of this group has been reduced by $200 per person for up to 8 participants.
The fee for this 14 week group is $4280.00.
Interested in this group? Please fill out the form below and we will connect with you shortly!
Introduction to DBT For Teens (Peterborough)
Autism Services Group Programming - In-Person
Ptbo Introduction to DBT Skills
Join us for a 6 week Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy group program.
This group offers teens:
Defining DBT
Intro to core principles of DBT
Building your personalized DBT Toolbox
Group Details:
This group is for youth aged 12-17 years old.
This 6 week group begins Tuesday, January 28th 2025, and runs until Tuesday, March 4th 2025. Each session is 1.5 hours from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.
This group takes place in person at our Peterborough office.
The fee for this 6 week group is $1720.00.
Interested in this group? Please fill out the form below and we will connect with you shortly!
You can also call us at 1-888-616-3456 to inquire about this group.