Needham, MA. Social Learning Target Skills for Pre-K needs through High School Transition. Summer programs include the Early Learners Social Intensive Group, Social & Executive Functioning Bootcamp, and High School Social Summit.
* Build Situational Awareness and understand the impact of behaviors on others and self.
* Use and read facial expressions
* Use purposeful eye gaze for “thinking about others”
* Understanding sensory needs
* Language Organization- Develop purposeful use of social narrative for connecting with others and expressing oneself clearly and succinctly
* Practice conversation
* Self Advocacy & Self Talk
* Problem Solving – Collaborative & Proactive Solutions
* Emotional Regulation – Zones of Regulation (Size of the Reaction)
* Executive functioning for social/academic success (Initiation, Attention, Planning, Organization
* Task Completion, Working Memory, Mindfulness)
* Identify/appreciate/accept the perspective of another (Theory of Mind)
