Social Skills Training (TUS) for children
Social Skills Training (TUS) for children is a specialised group class designed to support the development of social and emotional skills.
Children learn to recognise and express emotions, build relationships, deal with social situations and improve communication skills.
TUS Objective:
Development of social skills:
TUS helps children acquire skills such as initiating and maintaining conversations, listening, asking questions, saying no, expressing criticism and responding to criticism.
Emotional skills development:
Children learn to recognize and name their own and others’ emotions, regulate emotions, and deal with frustration, anger, fear.
Improving social functioning:
TUS helps children build positive relationships with their peers, get along better in groups, and cope with the difficulties of adapting to new situations.
Who can benefit from TUS?
Children with holistic developmental disorders (ASD), Asperger’s Syndrome (ZA).
Children with ADHD, ADD.
Children with difficulties in communication and social interaction.
Children with difficulties regulating emotions.
Children who are withdrawn, have difficulty adapting to new situations, with low self-esteem, not accepted by the group.
Children who do not have a diagnosis, but experience difficulties in social functioning.
What does TUS look like?
Classes are conducted in a peer group (usually 4-7 people).
Trainings are conducted by qualified specialists (psychologists, educators, occupational therapists).
Various methods are used in the classes, including integration games, exercises, role-playing, analysis of videos and educational materials.
Classes often take the form of play so that children can develop social and emotional skills in a friendly manner.