Social Groups

Groups

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.

We excel at finding the ways language deficits are impacting your child in other areas, whether at home or school.

After School Social Groups

Our after school social group program is designed for students who struggle socially and with organization skills in their academic setting.

The program uses alternative types of therapy such as expressive arts therapy and yoga combined with speech/language therapy and occupational therapy to improve language, communication, organization, thinking about others and what is expected as well as calming strategies for anxious moments.

We will explore working in groups and how that differs from working independently as well as the skills needed to do both!

SUMMER: contact us for information on our summer social group camps!

Preschool (Ages 3-5)

Targeted Skills

Elementary (K-6th)

Targeted Skills

Middle & High School (7th-12th)

Targeted Skills

Evaluations

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.

Scholarships

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.

How to Register

To register for Aaris Therapy’s After School SOCIAL GROUP Program click on the link below for more information