Donna Peddy, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, is recognized as a "pioneer" in introducing Social Skills Training Groups to the Dallas - Ft. Worth metroplex.
With over thirty years of Group Counseling experience, she has developed a
variety of unique group therapy programs that enhance children's social,
emotional and cognitive development.
Social Skills Training Groups for Children & Teens
help facilitate a child's understanding of the
HOW, WHAT, WHEN & WHY of positive, successful social
interaction. There are essential skill clusters a child needs in order to
learn, integrate and apply newly acquired skills into an appropriate social
context. With repeated practice these skills can gradually become automatic.
- Social Behavioral skills
- Social Perceptual skills
- Social Cognitive & Emotional skills
Donna's Social Skills Training groups incorporate individual behavioral
goals, social perceptual goals, social cognitive & emotional goals
needed to increase a child's social competence and emotional IQ.
Enroll now in Social Skills Training Groups facilitated
by Donna Peddy:
Social Skills Training Groups
Leadership Skills Training
Groups
for Children & Teens
Social Skills Training & Leadership Training Groups are process-oriented with activities that target the “unwritten social rules” that guide successful social relationships and lay the foundation for life-long friendships. Children & Teens learn and apply social behavioral skills, social perceptual skills, emotional and social cognitive skills. Goals and reinforcement ideas, for parents & schools, are designed to help children and teens develop and integrate:
Social Behavioral Skills: reciprocal conversation
skills, express interest & understanding, take responsiblity,
self-expression, respond to teasing, share, take
turns, join-in, fairness, problem-solving, conflict resolution,
compromise, decision-making, bullying responses, refusal skills, eye
contact, listening, apologize, friendliness, cooperation, assertiveness
Social Emotional & Cognitive Skills: social
cognition, sustain attention, self-control, emotional regulation, cause
& effect, reasoning & logic, identify social cues, handle
disappointments, increase self-esteem, cognitive flexibility, response
inhibition, cognitive mindfulness, patience, mood recognition, delay
gratification, manage shyness & anxiety, cognitive control
Social Perceptual Skills: interpret & respect social
cues, increase empathy, perspective taking, self-reflection,
self-evaluation, perceptual flexibility, forgiveness, understand other's
motives, respecting other's space, mood management
Groups meet weekly for 1 hour. Groups are year-round, flexible entry, with
an initial 12 week commitment.
Please download a
Social Skills Group flyer
Junior Pals
Social Skills Training for Pre-school Children
Junior Pals is a ten week, activity based program designed to enhance the
pro-social skill development of young children. Fun and developmentally
appropriate experiences are provided to help build and strengthen positive
& successful social relationships.
The Junior Pals program focuses on: sharing, joining in play, listening,
cooperation, self-control, turn taking, dealing with losing and other
disappointments, patience, appropriate self-expression, reciprocal
communication, perspective taking, good sportsmanship, basic manners,
following directions, compromising, dealing with teasing
Please download a
"Jr Pals" flyer
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or call Donna at 214-349-5564.