MoCo PEERS® Social Skills Program-- Starobin Counseling and Jamell White, Ph.D.

MoCo PEERS® Social Skills Program

Starobin Counseling and Jamell White, Ph.D., LCSW-C

Location: Virtual

Cost: Please contact mocopeers@gmail.com to receive information about cost.

Registration: Please complete screening form to begin application process at no cost.

Dates: March 1-May 24, 2021, Mondays, 7-8:30 pm.

Event Link:  Program Flyer and Information Sheet

PEERS® is an evidenced-based, parent-assisted social skills group model, and it is proven to be highly effective for teens, and young adults on the autism spectrum and with social communication challenges. MoCo PEERS® is offered by certified PEERS® instructors, Caron Starobin, LCSW-C and Jamell White, Ph.D., LCSW-C, trained by Elizabeth Laugeson, Psy.D., Founder and Director of the UCLA PEERS® Clinic. The groups emphasize learning, rehearsing, and practicing social skills in a warm, supportive, enjoyable, and focused group setting. Group members support each other to actively practice with their peers as they learn and develop tools to improve their relationship skills. The groups also include social coaching sessions for parents or family members. These sessions support parents and family members by teaching them how to be effective social coaches with teens and young adults whom require a greater sense of independence during this time in their lives.