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PEERS for TEENS
Service Provider
PEERS (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) is a 14-week social skills program that teaches middle and high school students (grades 7—12), with high functioning autism or Asperger’s Syndrome, to make and keep friends. The program will run Thursday nights at our Burnaby location from 6:30pm - 8pm. Please see our website for dates starting in September.
Created by Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson and her colleagues at UCLA, the PEERS program is the only evidence-based social skills intervention for adoles- cents and young adults that has resulted in significant gains in knowledge and use of social skills.
PEERS is taught in weekly, small-group settings, using techniques including didactic instruction, modeling, coaching, behavioral rehearsal, performance feedback, and weekly homework assignments supported by parents/ caregivers.
Parent participation is a vital component of the PEERS model. There is a weekly parent group, run by a trained facilitator, in which caregivers learn to be effective social coaches for their child. This group runs at the same time as the teen session.
Additionally, parents will help their child complete weekly assignments (e.g. phoning a friend, hosting a get-together, etc).
Topics include how to:
Use appropriate conversation skills
Find common interests by trading information
Appropriately use humor
Enter and exit conversations between peers
Handle rejection, teasing, and bullying
Be a good host during get-togethers
Make phone calls to friends
Choose appropriate friends
Be a good sport
Handle arguments and disagreements
Change a bad reputation
Are you interested in learning to make and keep friends? If so, PEERS is for you!
Languages: English
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Age range: 0 - 100
Mandate: It is the mission of ABA Learning Centre to provide a wide range of exemplary services to families of children and youth with autism spectrum disorders and other complex developmental disabilities. Professionals at ABA Learning Centre are dedicated to providing quality services based on procedures validated in the scientific literature.
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Organization name: ABA Learning Centre
Credentials: BCBA
Contact info:
Joseph Carpenter
6042324122
Office Manager
103-4181 Hastings Street
Burnaby
Region: Metro Vancouver (Including Sea to Sky)
BC
V5C 2J3
49.2811
-123.014
Services: Behavior Consultant|Behavior Interventionist|Social Skills Trainer
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Regional district: Metro Vancouver
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