PEERS® for Adolescents

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Explore PEERS® programs for Middle and High School Students as well as for Young Adults in college and beyond!

Introducing a supplemental program for unique learners to help achieve success in school, work, and life through world-renowned, evidence-based social skills treatment to adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, and other socio-emotional problems.

In PEERS® for Adolescents, Tweens, and Teens will learn skills to:

Develop and maintain friendships
Start and continue conversations
Communicate electronically
Use humor appropriately
Organize get-togethers
Be a good sport
Handle disagreements
Change a bad reputation
Handle teasing and bullying

PEERS® for Adolescents is an evidence-based social skills intervention for motivated teens in middle and high school who are interested in making and keeping friends and/or handling conflict and rejection.

How it works:

16-weekly group sessions - 90-minutes per week
Social skills are taught through didactic lessons and role-play demonstrations.
Hands-on practice is facilitated during group socialization activities.
Parent/Guardian participation is required with specially-designed sessions that occur concurrently and include techniques to manage behaviors at home.

Programs designed to help middle & high school students who are

Have friendship problems
Show interest in attending the program
Agreeable to participating
Can attend consistently
Parent/Guardian(s) are willing to participate