Social Skills Club

Located in Upland, CA at: 846 W. Foothill Blvd. Suite A

Using ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) for neurodivergent children and other children that need assistance with social skills such as: joint attending, social play, self-regulation, social/emotional (perspective taking), social language, classroom/group behavior, nonverbal language, theory of mind, shades of grey, adaptive living, and life skills.

Joint Attending: Skills that involve showing shared interest or enjoyment with others. Skills that require a child to attend to an activity and a person at the same time.

Social Play: Skills related to demonstrating flexibility and the ability to regulate behavioral reactions in response to unexpected changes, making mistakes, being given corrective feedback, or other difficult situations.

Social/Emotional: Skills related to identifying and appropriately responding to different emotions in oneself or others. Perspective-taking skills.

Social Language: Skills related to using language to respond to, initiate, and maintain levels of social interaction.

Classroom/Group Behavior: Skills related to following the rules and meeting expectations put in place by adults or that are necessary for group activities.

Nonverbal Social Language: Skills related to reading and using nonverbal communication as part of social interactions.

Theory of Mind: Understanding idioms, figures of speech, sarcasm, others’ perspectives, tolerating others’ beliefs and ideas, allowing others to express their own beliefs and thoughts without getting upset, and principles vs. ethics.

Shades of Grey: Understanding that not all situations are so cut and dry and can be categorized under ‘right’ and ‘wrong.’ Understanding moral ambiguity, behavioral complexity, increasing flexibility, reducing rigidity, and reducing rule-governed behavior.

Adaptive and Life Skills: Understand how to prepare, speak, and greet others during a job interview, interview for a job, how to create a resume, what to wear at a job interview, how to follow up after the interview, self-management skills (i.e., set a goal and meet it), create and follow a schedule, problem-solving, understanding health and safety, understand the importance of self-care, interpersonal skills, self-direction, functional skills, everyday life skills, community safety, and work skills.

Additional Information

Frequency: The participant will attend one weekly social skills club for two hours.

Ratio: 1:5 (i.e., one teacher for every five students).

Staff: All staff will have the minimum certification: Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) or Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board or similar education/experience. For more information about these certifications, please see: www.bacb.com

Assessment: Each student will have at least one assessment completed on them, targeting social skills or adaptive/life skills. Some assessments include, but are not limited to: Assessment of Functional Living Skills (AFLS) and Socially Savvy.

Caregiver Support: Caregivers may attend 1-2 monthly synchronous caregiver support classes to maintain and generalize the skills their child is learning in the social skills club outside of the scheduled class sessions. The caregiver support classes will be held virtually and the calendar will be sent out monthly on what topics will be covered. This is optional for private pay clients but one class a month is mandatory for most medical insurance providers.

Goals/Evaluation of Effectiveness: Depending on your funder and plan, you sign up for the social skills club will target 1–2 goals that should be expected to be met within a 6-month period (some goals may take longer depending on the student’s current baseline skill level, abilities, motivation, and community support from friends and caregivers). Data will be collected on an intermittent basis (at a frequency of no less than 1 time a month) and with a first trial data collection method to determine the effectiveness of the social skills club.

Access/Funding: The social skills club is year around and dues are monthly for private pay. Compliance with other funders and their regulations is required for medical insurance or school-based funders. If a holiday occurs on your scheduled session and the social skills club is closed, then the company will do its best to schedule a make-up session so your child does not lose that opportunity to work towards mastering their goal(s).

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Dues are non-refundable and are due the month prior to maintaining your spot, as the scheduled classes are kept to small numbers to provide the support the neurodivergent population requires to meet certain goals and milestones. Further, students cannot miss more than one month without losing their spot in a specific scheduled class/time. You can cancel at any time. We ask that you provide us with a written notice via text message or email stating you no longer wish to participate in our program. You may re-enroll at any time, but you may have to be on a waitlist as spots for certain class days/times do fill up quite quickly. There is no yearly commitment (only month-to-month) nor any other additional expenses for the regular social skills club classes.

Fees: Prices are based on the type of package you receive and/or your funder’s current fee schedule. The base price for the entry-level package is $100 a month per student and increases from there. Please email us at info@striveforprogress.org for additional information on the packages we provide.