YouthCare holds groups throughout the year focusing on social pragmatic skills that support social success for children. We believe that the skills for social communication can be most effectively taught and learned in small-group, structured, and supportive environments; then the skills can be generalized to other settings.

Summer Social Club offers two-week social skill group sessions in the summer. Social Club runs Mondays-Fridays from 9:30am-12:30pm. The information below is for Summer 2009 only including schedule and rates. Summer 2010 information will be available by January 2010.

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Daily Structure and Activities

The Summer Social Club daily schedule includes:

1. Choice of structured small group games and activities
2. Group time where games, stories, and music are used to foster group cohesion and conversational skills.
3. Movement and relaxation training targeting physical and emotional regulation needs.
4. Small group discussion and instruction period focusing on a specific social skill. Practice and reinforcement is provided through role plays, games, crafts, and other fun, hands on activities.
5. Lunch time (supplied from home) together and with adult support foster conversational and friendship building skills.
6. Close with whole group to review the day’s events and preview upcoming events and activities.

Goals
Targeted competencies and skills include:

• Conversation Skills
• Play Skills
• Self-Management
• Social Awareness
• Emotional Regulation
• Anxiety and Stress Management

Participants & Group Formation

Our Summer Social Club participants are between the ages of 6-12 and have diagnoses on the Autism Spectrum and include: Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and Nonverbal Learning Disorder. Children must be toilet trained, and have completed kindergarten. Each two week session is comprised of two groups of 4 to 5 children each and supported by 3 staff. These small groups are formed based on similar social competency needs, age range, developmental level, learning styles and schedule availability.

Schedule

Summer Social Club run in 2 week sessions, with a total of 6 weeks available. Applications will be accepted for children wishing to attend all 3 sessions, but children may also apply for any combination of sessions. The program runs Monday through Friday from 9:30am - 12:30pm.

Summer 2010 schedule and information will be available by January 2010.

For information on weekly social skills groups offered during the school-year and summer please click here.

Location

Summer Social Club is based out of YouthCare’s air conditioned Wellesley facility:

47A River Street, Suite A200
Wellesley, MA 02481

Rates for Summer 2009

Summer Social Club- $800.00 per two week session. A $55 non-refundable interview fee is required of all applicants who have not previously interviewed for a YouthCare program.

Application Information

Application informatin will be available by January 2010. You may also contact the YouthCare office at mghyouthcare@partners.org.

Contact Information

For additional information please contact:
YouthCare, 73 High Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
Telephone: (617) 726-0060 / Fax: (617) 726-0064
mghyouthcare@partners.org

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