This module is all about relationships. New students often blur the lines between different types of relationships or groups, which can cause them to not be successful in any of them.

Each week focuses on a different type of relationship or group, going in depth into what each one looks like and what the expectations are. This module gives students the understanding and the tools to be successful in all types of relationships and groups, including their relationships with the people they live with!

1. Why 'stranger danger' can be more harmful than helpful

2. Who is an acquaintance and what is expected in that relationship

3. What it looks like to be on a team with others

4. What is expected when we are in a group of people we choose

5. Who are friends, and what does a friendship consist of

6. The expectations in partnerships (best friends, roommates, romantic partners)

7. Building stronger relationships with our family members

8. How do we move from strangers to acquaintances to friends?

Click here to learn more about this module.

Click here: Summer Camp

This module is all about who our kids are and who they want to be. It introduces them to the concept of ‘reputation’. Most new students either have no concept of what a reputation is, or they know they have a not-so-great one but don’t know why or how to change it.

This module gives them the understanding and the tools they need to recognize their reputation and to be able to change it if it isn’t what they want it to be. We can all change our reputation if we choose to!

1. What is a reputation and why does it matter?

2. Group vs. alone behavior

3. Creating a reputation for being smart (part 1)

4. Creating a reputation for being smart (part 2)

5. Creating a reputation for being friendly

6. Creating a reputation for being funny

7. Giving social feedback to others

8. Receiving social feedback from others

Click here to learn more about this module.

(This module is also available in a pre-recorded online version. Click here to get access to it now!)

This module is all about helping our kids connect with others. New students often have a difficult time engaging in conversations about things other than what they know or are interested in.

The first half is about noticing things in general and the second half is about noticing things about people we know in order to help us form better connections and have more engaging conversations. This module gives students the understanding and the tools they need to notice things about other people and to use what they notice to create deeper relationships!

1. How to make a different choice when things don't go as expected

2. Inferencing (What do things actually mean?)

3. Interpreting nonverbal signals during conversations

4. Analyzing humor feedback

5. Noticing others' interests, hobbies, and preferred topics of conversation

6. Recognizing what we have in common with others based on what we remember about them

7. Using our social memory to have meaningful, personal conversations

8. Generating gift ideas using our social memory

Click here to learn more about this module.  

This module is all about conversation skills. New students often struggle to  engage in conversations with peers because they simply don’t know what to do or how to do it.

Each week focuses on a different component of conversations, because conversations are difficult and multi-faceted! We practice and role play each one of the skills in this module as they build upon each other. This module gives students the understanding and the tools they need to choose conversations, engage in conversations confidently and comfortably, and end on a good note!

1. Joining an active conversation

2. Maintaining a reciprocal conversation

3. Changing the topic in a non-awkward way

4. How to use the social filter and the social fake

5. Leaving a conversation (because we want to or because we have to)

6. Initiating a conversation (with people we don't know and people we do)

7. Electronic Communication 101 (texting, emailing, social media)

8. Asking for help

Click here to learn more about this module.

Students register for one module at a time (8 weeks). They attend an hour of direct lesson time and an hour of game time each week, in person or via Zoom. These hours can be back-to-back or on two separate days, depending on the openings we have available. 

Parents receive an email each week with information on the topic we are covering that week, why it's important for our students to learn, and how you can support the concept at home. There are also activity sheets that can be used at home to reinforce concepts.

Totally understandable. While I was pretty skeptical about teaching social skills through Zoom, I started doing it during lockdown and now it's the only way I teach during the schoolyear!

If your child is not able to participate via Zoom independently, you are welcome to sit next to them and facilitate their participation.

As you can see from the videos on the 'Our Students' page, our lessons are engaging and conversational. Most of our kids are willing and excited to participate in the topics!

Does your kiddo struggle to make friends? Then yes! 

Is your child verbal and able to participate without requiring 1/1 assistance? Then yes!

Even if your child has behavioral challenges? Yes!

Most of our students are autistic or have ADHD, but we don't have disability criteria. We are open to any student who is willing to learn new things!

After your student completes their first 8-week program, they are welcome to continue attending sessions for as long as you choose. We have students who have been with us continuously since 2018!

We see mixed emotions after the first couple of classes. Some students are ALL IN. They recognize they are struggling and they see from the first class that this is for them!

Some students are more resistant to learning the information because they are not as self-aware. For these students, it typically takes longer for them to recognize the benefits of the program.

In 8 years, we have only had three students choose not to continue after attending the first week! We do offer an 80% refund if students choose not to attend the first or second week.