PEERS® Social Skills Program (Starobin and White)

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: Starting soon — register now! Mondays, 7-8:30 pm, October 2022—December 2022 (8 weeks)

Ages: High school aged and above; We are actively screening teens and young adults for our fall group. We are particularly interested in identifying people who identify as female for our upcoming group though we are accepting applications for anyone who is a teen or young adult.

Event Link: Program Flyer and Information Sheet — NOTE: Program Info Sheet says that it’s a combination in-person and virtual, but we have determined that the group will be virtual this fall due to projections of COVID risks.

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.