Social Skills Training

Social interaction is very important for children as it contributes in developing their personality, confidence and success in life. There are certain skills which play important role in social and family interactions, maintaining peer relationships and for academic and extracurricular achievements.

To develop those essential social skills in children, American Wellness Center Dubai offers social skills training, where children and adolescents learn and practice the acquired skills to become capable of interacting socially. These therapy sessions are offered by highly skilled and qualified child psychologists and or therapist where the children learn how to interact with others in the same age group and how to take control of their emotions. Our professionals have planned/ designed special group activities which are helpful in learning such skills in a fun way.

What can we offer?

At American Wellness Center based in Dubai Healthcare City our professional team of psychologists and therapists design these social skills group keeping in view the individual needs of the children. These individually designed and peer-matched groups, allow the children to practice their social communication skills in a supported and comfortable environment so that they can learn faster, better and overcome those challenges.

The social skills therapy program at AWC Dubai is primarily based on the framework of social thinking that helps in developing social perception and reasoning and encourages children in taking a standpoint and positive initiatives. Our SST addresses a wide range of social skills and the training focuses on the rules and behaviors that help children and adolescent interact with one another.

Some examples of skills targeted in SST programs include:

• Comfortable in various social situations
• Understand the social rules
• Learn how to behave in certain situations
• Learn how to interact properly and bond with the peers
• Initiating conversations
• Greetings
• Appropriate eye contact
• Social interaction
• How to behave in specific social and community settings
• Understanding emotions and facial expressions
• Gestures and body language
• Assertiveness
• Empathy

At American Wellness Center our professional psychologists and skilled therapists have developed SST programs these vary significantly based on the age and skill level of participants.

Social skills for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

It includes fundamental play skills like:

• turn-taking
• waiting for others
• eye contact

Social skills for adolescents and young adults with ASD:

• expressing opinions respectfully
• workplace behavior
• maintaining friendships

What are the benefits of our Social Skills Therapy?

• Children learn how to communicate and interact effectively
• It builds their self-esteem and makes them confident
• It empowers them with problem-solving skills
• Children learn how to manage stress and anxiety
• It enables them to read social cues
• Children learn to take their individual viewpoints

Who are the best candidate for Social Skills Therapy?

Children, who are having:

• Speech and language delays
• Social communication challenges
• Difficulty in learning, social interaction, and making friends
• Issues in making eye contact or gaze fixedly
• Non-verbal learning disabilities
• Difficulty in picking up on social cues (facial expressions, voice tones, body language, etc.)
• Inability in taking turns with peers during activities
• Difficulty in attentively listening  
• Lack of imagination
• Difficulty in understanding some conversations or instructions
• Incapability to judge the consequences of their actions
• Difficulty with social skills due to sensory processing (SPD)
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Autism Spectrum, Disorder (ASD)

Give us a call or visit our clinic in Dubai Healthcare City.