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Mad Science Social Skills Group – Registration Now Open!

By Melissa Blumell, ACMHC 14 May, 2018 Adolescents, Boundaries, Children, Communication, Counseling, Emotional Health, Empathy, Friendship, General, Mental Health, Mental/Emotional Health, Play Therapy, Relationships, Self-esteem, Therapy 7 to 11 years old, Building Healthy Relationships, Human Behavior, KIDS group, Learn to be a Friend, Mad Science, School aged children, Science based Education, Science Experiments, Skill Building, Social Etiquette, Social Situations, social skills, Summer, The Science of Social Skills, Wasatch Family Therapy

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

for our Summer K.I.D.S Social Skills Group

Tuesdays, June 12 – July 31 from 10am-12pm

(No Class July 3 and July 24)

Wasatch Family Therapy and Mad Science are teaming up for an exciting Kids Group. Designed for school-aged children (7-11yrs), this group will provide opportunities to learn how to navigate social situations and understand what it means to be a friend. Through exciting science activities and skill building, group members will practice building healthy relationships.

20 Ways To Lose A Friend

By Holly Willard LCSW 30 May, 2012 Children, Friendship, Mental Health, Parenting 20 ways to lose a friend, ADD, ADHD, aggression, child, Children, Friendship, Group Therapy, Holly Willard LCSW, hyperactivity, KIDS group, Mad Science, making friends, people pleasing, social skills

In KIDS group participants learn how to make and keep friends. Sometimes it’s the negative behaviors that make a bad first impression or push friends away. These behaviors can be on purpose, accidental or driven by a desperate need to be accepted. The group members came up with these 20 ways to lose a friend. If your child struggles with friendship issues, challenge them to do identify a behavior and work on decreasing it.

Being Mean
Annoying behavior- not stopping when asked
Trying to be friends with the wrong person (someone who is consistently mean)
Being physically aggressive
Cheating
Gossiping
Being too hyper
Acting weird
Inappropriate talk (swearing/potty talk)
Being a know it all
Being controlling
Invading personal space
Trying too hard (people pleasing)
Not being yourself: (pretending to be like them to be accepted).
Lying
Antagonizing: Pushing people’s buttons on purpose
Only talking about yourself
One uping/ Bragging
Getting jealous when they play with someone else
Not taking care of yourself: (baths, brushing teeth, clean clothing, etc).

This summer KIDS group is teaming up with Mad Science to provide an innovative and hands on experience to learn social skills. Many kids excel in science because it is logical and predictable. Human behavior is much more complex. We will be using the laws of science to help explain social etiquette in a new and fun way. Click here for more information.

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