What happens in PEERS?

Adults will learn about:

• Conversational skills

• Appropriate use of humour

• Forming and maintaining friendships

• Electronic communication

• Handling direct and indirect bullying

• Managing arguments & disagreements

• Organising get-togethers with friends

• Dating skills

• Strategies for handling sexual matters

Attendees are presented with targeted skills through step-by-step instruction, role-play demonstrations, and the opportunity to practice the real-world skills through behavioural rehearsal exercises. During these behavioural rehearsals, attendees are divided into small breakout groups to practice with direct coaching from our program team.

Parents, practitioners, and educators attend a separate group (at the same time) in which they are provided with additional instruction on how to coach participants through practice and provide constructive feedback.

Adolescents and young adults must be socially motivated and attend each session with a social coach.

Social coaches will learn:

Social coaches (i.e., parent, family member, adult sibling, life coach, job coach, peer mentor, support worker) attend seperate sessions at the same time as the young adults.

In these sessions, they are taught how to assist young adults by providing feedback and practical support during weekly socialisation homework.

All programs meet once a week for 90 minutes over a 16-week period.

For more info about peers program for social skills please visit our website