
Social and Soft Skills Coaching
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Seaglass utilizes The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS ®) to teach social skills. PEERS ® is an evidence-based social skills program for young adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, suspected autism spectrum disorder and other socio-emotional challenges. Topics covered and practiced are on developing and maintaining friendships, conversational skills, entering and exiting conversations, electronic communication, handling peer pressure, handling arguments, organizing a get together, and basic dating steps.
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We utilize certified, bilingual (Spanish-English) Autism and Social Skills Specialists to teach group classes for you and/ or your loved ones.
This course includes pre-requisites. You must…
-Be a young adult between the ages of 18-35.
-Have a high school diploma, be currently in college, a career professional, or currently seeking an appropriate career track.
-Have friendship/dating/work challenges.
-Be interested in attending the program(s).
-Agree to actively participate in the program(s) you have chosen.
-Attend all sessions (with no more than two missed sessions for programs that meet over the course of several weeks).
-Be able to actively work with someone in your family/ a close friend who will serve as your social coach.
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Upon completing this program, you will have tools and strategies to utilize while navigating social situations across environments.