AUTISM Friendship Skills

Peers® For Teens & Young Adults

Afternoon sessions in USA & Canada (On Zoom)

Evidence-based social skills course for teens & young adults.

Young people with Autism can learn skills to make FRIENDS.

Social Skills Course - Teens & Young Adults (13-22 years old)

Helping people who have Autism, anxiety or who want general social skills growth.

Age-appropriate groups for 13-22 year old students.

Peers For Teens & Young Adults is the world's foremost evidence-based course for young people with Autism. It is a fun, high-impact, 4-month skills upgrade for social situations. Peers For Teens/Young adults covers a range of vital skills for interacting with others. Young people learn new skills to help support them through life's different social & emotional challenges.

Support For Young People & Parents

Teens/Young Adults

14 Sessions

90 minutes per session

Mini-groups: 3 or 4 students, on Zoom.

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Parent Training & Support

7 Sessions

75-90 minutes per session

With experienced leaders, on Zoom.

Afternoon sessions in USA & Canada (On Zoom)

Next start dates:

These are the options for "Session 1" dates for the next courses, which are weekly.

Note that your teen's sessions could be on any day that suits your family - You choose one session/week.

Session times are AFTER SCHOOL or AFTER WORK times on weekdays. Also, we give your family a CHOICE of times, because we have families of our own and we understand.

May Groups:

Week beginning Mon/Tues/Wednes/Thur - May 8-9-10-11 (weekly)

August Groups:

Week beginning Mon/Tues/Wednes/Thur - August 21/22/23/24 (weekly)

Advantages

After School Sessions (USA & Canada, on Zoom)

Don't miss out on school.

We've set things up so that your child doesn't have to miss out on school and you don't have to deal with midday appointments. Instead, all sessions are at after-school times in the afternoons or evenings because your child needs routine. We can help that just by scheduling sessions conveniently for you.

No Waiting Lists!

You hate waiting lists and so do we!

Your child needs to learn asap. We have many, many groups and we would rather add more groups than have a waiting list. Every week your child is not learning new skills is a wasted week. We'll do everything we can so your child can start in our next course.

Teens & Young Adults Can Thrive

Peers is a proven learning program successfully used worldwide to help children with ASD, anxiety or any social skills development needs gain skills and confidence. It teaches students how to make friends and keep them. It gives your child the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and gives them abundant opportunities to practice those new skills.

Peers® Course Content - 14 New Social Skills

Session 1: How to start conversations that feels natural and how to exchange information in social settings.
Session 2: Ways to keep conversations flowing more easily and balanced ways of exchanging information.
Session 3: Finding reliable sources of quality friends
Session 4: Electronic communication – Do’s and don'ts
Session 5: Appropriate use of humour – Depending on content, timing, & strength of relationships.
Session 6: Entering group conversations and playing your role within the group.
Session 7: Exiting conversations – When, how and why to leave conversations gracefully.
Session 8: Get-Togethers - How to plan for social events & steps for enjoying social times.
Session 9: 2 ELECTIVES: (a) Sportsmanship Skills OR (b) Pre-dating etiquette: How to talk & interact confidently with both guys & girls
Session 10: 2 ELECTIVES: (a) Games Winning & Losing OR (b) Simple Pre-dating etiquette: Basic dating do’s and don'ts
Session 11: Handling disagreements
Session 12: Handling direct bullying
session 13: Handling indirect bullying
Session 14: How to be confident in the real world - Skills for thriving in life - friendships, workplaces, families etc

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The Peers® curriculum also covers:

Use appropriate conversational skills
Use humour appropriately/effectively
Use electronic communication
Enter and exit conversations appropriately
Be a good host during get togethers
Show good 'sportsmanship'
Handle arguments and disagreements
Change a bad reputation
Understand the basics of pre-dating etiquette
Handle rumours and gossip
Handle rejection, teasing & bullying

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Video - See what your child will learn:

Evidence-Based For Teens & Young Adults with Autism

Peers® for Teens is recognised world-wide as one of the most successful evidence-based programs of its kind in the world and has helped thousands of children over the last 10 years. The research behind this course is immense and extremely positive. It is one of the most widely-recognised and approved courses for teens with Autism and more.

Zoom Helps Teens & Young Adults

Most students with Autism prefer Zoom - no travel, more comfortable from home

All of our courses for children can be done from Zoom at home.

Many children and families prefer to learn by Zoom because it is so convenient and because it works!

Pricing: (Covers everything in the course)

Covers 14 sessions (90 minute sessions) for your teen/young adult

Covers 7 sessions (75-90 minute sessions) for parents

Everything included.

USD: $2100 US dollars (at recent exchange rates)

CAD: $2800 Canadian dollars (at recent exchange rates)

AUD: $2950 Australian dollars

Social & Life Skills - in an ASD-Friendly Way

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Each session, your child learns a new social skill, broken down into simple steps.

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Your child experiences new skills in a fun way.

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Your child practices new skills in a supported environment.

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Your child plays fun games to discover effective ways to apply their new skills.

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We help your child to try out these skills at home and at school for themselves.

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We collaborate with parents and teachers to create opportunities for the new skills to be used.

Learning Is Outrageously Fun

Peers support for teens & young adults

Content is taught in a way that is practical, well-sequenced, and at times, outrageously fun! New skills are practised with others using a variety of technology. What makes this course so special is that the secret agent theme helps your child take on the role of a detective to look for clues in how others speak and communicate.

Then, as social detectives, we use those clues to determine what others are trying to tell us and what they may be thinking. For example, your child can learn to use their ‘Detective’ skills to listen to the volume, speed and pitch of people’s voices during conversations. Then your child can interpret these clues to detect how the other person is feeling.

What parents are saying

You are passionate about supporting, encouraging and growing the kids you’re working with. I’m so glad we’ve found you!

Sally J.

Mum of 9 year old daughter, near Melbourne.

Thank you for all your care and support with our son. We are so impressed and grateful for this program. Not to mention the skills he is using daily from it!

Irene

Delighted Mum of primary school son in Sydney.

Oh my goodness! Blake absolutely loved last night. Thank you so much! It made him feel very special and comfortable.

Vic

Mom of 10 year old child.

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Want to know more?

Is this course right for your child? Get in touch with the team to arrange for your child to get started. It’s a way to start learning about new social skills, making better friendships and enjoying their school experience more.

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AUTISM Friendship Skills

Peers® For Teens & Young Adults

Afternoon sessions in USA & Canada (On Zoom)

Young people with Autism can learn skills to make FRIENDS.

Social Skills Course - Teens & Young Adults (13-22 years old)