Ivymount Outreach Programs

DATES: Saturdays, September 21st, 2024 - December 14th, 2024

TIMES: One hour class at 9AM or at 10:30AM

LOCATION: Ivymount School, 11614 Seven Locks Rd, Rockville, MD 20854

COST: $1500

REGISTRATION: Register here by September 13th, 2024

Secrets of Friendship is a social-learning curriculum that provides the “unwritten secrets” of making and maintaining friendships. Students will learn a total of seven “secrets," taught in a small group setting through explicit instruction that provides beneficial scripts and strategies, paired with hands-on activities and/or games to practice learned skills. Targeted skills include identifying a friend, initiating interactions, active listening, flexibility, identifying thoughts and feelings of yourself and others, and cooperation with friends through compromise. For children in late elementary school through middle school. Completion of the Unstuck and OnTarget! program is recommended, but not required. Families are provided with a weekly home extension.