Social Skills Groups    

Led by Carleen Newsome, M.S.
Carleen has been involved with leading and marketing the social skills groups to the community since 2005 and currently leads all of the social skills groups at The Summit Counseling Center. She received her Masters in Counseling Degree from North Georgia College & State University.

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This 6 week program is designed to be a fun, interactive, and unique approach to help children improve their social skills.  Whether a child is having difficulty handling or expressing emotions, making or keeping friends, behaving appropriately in class, or recognizing social cues, this group, using games, activities, video clips, and role plays, will facilitate the development of skills for social success.  Even the most hesitant students always join in!

• Studies show that social skills are a strong key to success.

• Students become more aware of social cues.

• They develop tools to effectively handle emotions and social situations.

• They become empowered and begin to interact effectively with peers, teachers, coaches, and others.

• These skills are important for becoming an independent, respectful, successful, and capable adult.

Topics Covered

Recognizing & Expressing Emotions Appropriately         Problem Solving   Manners and Cooperation Making and Keeping Friends Handling Anger and Frustration Enhancing Self Esteem Top 10 Social cues to Recognize  Meeting and Greeting others

One session each fall, and one session each spring.
For more info or to register your child, call 678-893-5300 or 678-893-5300.

Kind - 1st grade 2nd – 3rd grade

4th – 5th grade Middle School

*Minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 students per group                  
*Each group meets 1 ½ hours per week
*$300 group fee due upon registration and is non-refundable

Does your child come home from school reporting they have encountered things such as:

	“You can’t sit here, we’re saving all of these seats for our friends.”
	“I don’t want you to come to my birthday party.”
	“We already have enough players and you are no good anyway.”
	“What? You aren’t invited to her sleepover?”
	or just the mere awkwardness of joining a group or adding to the conversation?
	or handling teasing day after day?
	or not being included in the “popular” group?
	or maybe feeling a need to exaggerate about him/herself to feel accepted?

Studies show that social skills are a strong key to success as students relate to their peers, teachers, coaches and others in their lives. The more awareness and tools a student has to use can empower them to know how to respond effectively in dealing with others throughout their day. Studies have also shown that this is a large developmental aspect in determining how they feel about themselves. This will also be a lifelong part of becoming an independent, respectful, successful adult.                                          

This 6 week program is designed to be fun, interactive and unique in its approach that is focused on games, activities, video clips of other kids with social struggles for discussion facilitation, and many role plays. Even the most hesitant student can mimic a video role play they have seen when they are encouraged by points for their team.

Student comments have ranged from “This is fun, can I do this again?” to “Wow, these students are just like me. This wasn’t so embarrassing or boring after all.” 

A dad’s comment to his wife after his son’s completion of the program was "Out of all of the things you've spent money on for our son, this by far was the most well spent. I'd pay money any day for these changes."

Please give us a call to learn about the next dates!!! (678-893-5300)