Friends and Feelings
Goal Directed Social Skills Group for Children 6 to 12
The Friends & Feelings group program provides an opportunity for children to develop and practice emotional regulation and social skills within a small group setting with other similarly aged children. Children attend fortnightly sessions and practice their skills in between sessions. During the last 30 minutes of the child sessions, a Clinical Psychologist provides feedback to parents regarding the session content. Home practice tasks are given to increase the generalization of learnt skills.
Skills Taught
- Keeping an open mind
- Coping with change
- Managing emotions
- Listening to and understanding others’ points of view
- Empathy
- Making connected comments in conversations
- Using a social filter
- Giving and receiving compliments
- Handling conflicts with friends
- Problem Solving & Compromising
Program Components
- Families attend fortnightly child and parent sessions.
- Children are shown animated social script videos introducing each new skill.
- Video clips of child actors are shown demonstrating each skill.
- Group Leaders model each skill.
- Children engage in role plays to provide opportunities to practice each skill with in-the-moment coaching.
- Visual prompts are used throughout each of the modules to support children’s learning.
- Structured breaks are provided and games are played during each session.
- Take home practice tasks are provided for each session.
Pricing
- Cost: $3300.00 (Participants may use NDIS funding).
- 10 two-hour face-to-face child group sessions facilitated by two Clinical Psychologists.
- Parent session held in last 30 minutes of each child session (face-to-face).
- In-session worksheets.
- Homework sheets.
- Intermittent rewards.