PPA offers individual, group, and parent-coaching social interventions designed to improve social competencies in individuals of all ages. Our experienced therapists have completed clinical intensive training on Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking® methodology as well as UCLA’s Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®). They incorporate such frameworks and strategies when working with individuals who present with social challenges.

 

Populations that are served include, but are not limited to, individuals with:

• Language disorders
• Learning disabilities
• Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Social anxiety, and
• Social communication/pragmatic language disorder

Sessions are individualized and, while largely based on Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking® and PEERS® methodologies, may also include elements of other research-based interventions/programs such as  The Zones of Regulation®.
For children, adolescents and young adults, specific intervention goals may include developing:

• Reciprocity in play and conversation
• Understanding of nonverbal communication
• Social communication/pragmatic language
• Perspective-taking
• Social problem solving
• Emotional regulation, and
• Flexibility/Adaptability

Adults seeking social intervention services may also work towards:

• Developing professional skills (social etiquette for the workplace and for post-secondary scholastic settings),
• Hosting successful get-togethers
• Dating skills (asking someone on a date, dealing with rejection, etc.)
• Online safety awareness
• Maintaining romantic relationships and friendships

Please contact our office if you have any questions regarding our social intervention services, or if you would like to schedule an appointment.

PPA is not affiliated with and services have not been reviewed, approved, or endorsed by Michelle Garcia Winner and Think Social Publishing, Inc.