If you have a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, “Social Skills” is a buzz word you are quite familiar with — and with good reason! Social skills are much more than being able to communicate with others. Children with deficits in social cognition struggle with initiating and maintaining relationships.

At Aaris, we take this challenge very seriously. We know it’s imperative that children learn how to initiate social events with expected eye contact and focus. It’s important for children to follow social cues like understanding figurative language, inferring other’s intentions from verbal and non-verbal messages, understand and use body language as well as interpreting others’ thoughts and feelings to be fully successful in our society.

Our Social Groups are aimed at helping children unlock their full potential in small group situations as well as in one-on-one therapies. Our therapists and social coaches integrate the most current and innovative practices from across the country to improve your child’s language, organizational skills and social conventions.

Groups meet weekly throughout the school year. Exact days and times of group will be announced once all registrations have been received. Groups are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at our Niles office location.

Aaris Therapy is proud to be an approved provider for Ohio’s Autism Scholarship and Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship; programs administered by the Ohio Department of Education. Our team can work with you to learn more about your options.

At Aaris, we offer a range of evaluations to determine your child’s needs in the areas of social skills and cognition. From a brief consultation to a comprehensive evaluation to develop a multi-therapy treatment plan, we can give you the information you need to make informed decisions for your child.