Goal: To learn and generalize age-appropriate social skills in context.

AGE :6-12 years

Minimum no. of participants: 2

The program focuses on helping children who have trouble with social skills The sessions are

tailor-made. The needs and difficulties of the children in the group are taken into account when determining the content of each session. The program contains evidence based interventions that include:

· Modelling ( examples of correct behavior)

· Shaping ( positive reinforcement of correct behavior )

The training encourages transfer to daily life by recreating real life situations through

· Role-play

· Social Stories

Various social skills are taught by recreating real life situations while playing with peers.

• Self-introduction

• How to get to know others,

• Considering own/other’s feelings,

• Non-verbal (emotional) signals,

• Giving and receiving compliments,

• Giving and receiving feedback,

• Respect and problem solving.

In addition, by having successful social experiences with others the program will focus on

• Becoming friends with new (and old) classmates,

• Feeling confident in the new class

• Classroom and playground behavior.

• Reading a book together

• Discussing the story and practicing skills like concentration,

• Empathy

• Turn-taking.

Social Skills—Little League

AGE:2-5 years

A play-based, social skills program for young children who need to learn how to play with their peers and/or siblings. The children develop and improve their social skills through supervised cooperative play with toys, games, and fun activities that facilitate interaction. Children are encouraged to move from solitary play to playing next to each other and eventually to playing and interacting together.

The Social Skills package :

• 8 sessions of 1 hour

• Parent meeting at the end of the series.

Goal: To develop an analytical mindset and become a problem solver.

Age: 7-13 years

Minimum no. of participants: 2

Children learn how to sift through complex information,ask the right questions and become reflective thinkers through games and literacy based activities that teach and reinforce these skills.

They are taught practical methods and strategies  that can be easily applied in new situations. The games and activities promote them to become more logical and evolve well thought out judgments. They develop 3 habits of of critical thinking mind- curiosity / skepticism /humility.

Skills Taught:

• Cognitive skills- learning how to learn

• Reflective Thinking

• Independent Thinking

• Understanding/Making  connections

• How to be a problem solver/Becoming a part of the solution

• Apply/ Analyse/Evaluate Information

• Being open minded

• Creative and critical thinking skills

Benefits:

• Confidence building

• Leadership and team building

• Inferencing skills

• Creativity and thinking out of the box

• Learning to respect and tolerate others' perspectives

The Critical Thinking and Visual Literacy 101 package:

• 6 sessions of 1.5  hour

• Parent meeting at the end of the series

Goal: To learn requisite skills to complete school homework/assignments/study, and foster self-motivation.

AGE:  10-14

Minimum no. of participants: 1

The Study Skills program focuses on “learning how to learn”. We aim to teach children basic study skills to support them to become lifelong and independent learners. In this program the children will get an understanding of the skills that are involved in learning and studying.

Structured instruction and practice is provided to develop skills such as:

• Identifying your learning style and learning strategies to support your learning style

• Planning and Organization;

• Breaking up a task;

• Different ways to study and work on home based assignments.

• Note taking,scanning text, paraphrasing, summarizing, memory strategies etc.

• Self motivation techniques and strategies to remain motivated to learn

A follow up program for children in the age range of 14 and above can be on writing assignments, studying for a test and how to answer exam questions.

The Study Skills package :

• 8 sessions of 1.5 hours

• Parent meeting at the end of the series.