Social Skill Groups
Social communication and interaction skills can be challenging for people with ASD. The children and teenagers with autism struggle to comprehend while using social skills.
Something else that you will notice with children with autism is that they often have severe trouble when it comes to social skills. The first thing that you need to know is the social skills develop at different paces for different children.
However we organize some different examples of social communication and social interaction characteristics related to ASD can include from CDC:
- Avoids or does not keep eye contact
- Does not respond to name by 9 months of age
- Does not show facial expressions like happy, sad, angry, and surprised by 9 months of age
- Does not play simple interactive games like pat-a-cake by 12 months of age
- Uses few or no gestures by 12 months of age (for example, does not wave goodbye
- Does not point to show you something interesting by 18 months of age
- Does not notice when others are hurt or upset by 24 months of age
- Does not notice other children and join them in play by 36 months of age
- Does not pretend to be something else, like a teacher or superhero, during play by 48 months of age
- Does not sing, dance, or act for you by 60 months of age.
These abilities will have a significant impact on the lives of those who possess them. Progress Therapy Service focuses it attention especially on improving social skills and that these abilities allow children with autism to have a better relationship with things in the environment, with their peers and adults.
Our specialists teach social skills using ABA can be done in a variety of ways. They use games where they enhance skills such as maintaining eye contact, initiating conversations, taking turns, rule following, identifying, and understanding social cues are just several ways ABA can target social skills.