PEERS® Social Skills for Teens & Parents

PEERS® for Adolescents is an evidence-based social skills intervention for motivated teens in high school who are interested in making and keeping friends and/or handling conflict and rejection. Teens and parents attend 16-weekly group sessions (separately) for 90 minutes per week. Teens are taught social skills through lessons and role-play, and practice these skills during group activities. Parents attend sessions simultaneously and are taught how to assist their teens in these skills. Parent participation is required. Teens will learn about: developing and maintaining friendships, conversational skills, entering and exiting conversations, electronic communication, using humour appropriately, organizing get-togethers, and handling bullying.