January 2002

Dear Colleagues and Parents,

I am writing to you let you know about a group for adolescent boys which begins in mid-February. This focused, 8 session group is aimed at the development and enhancement of social skills.

This group is specifically geared toward boys who have been identified as having problems such as inappropriate touching or verbalizing, or have had complaints against them from students or HS staff.  Some of these boys are diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome or Nonverbal Learning Disability (NLD).  Many times, however, these boys are only viewed as "weird" or odd in some socially inappropriate way. More often than not they have not developed the social skills essential to have a successful high school experience.

The approach of this group is based on an action-enabled learning model: specific skills are targeted, discussed, practiced and then practiced some more. For example, many of these boys, when they show an interest in girls, do not know how to initiate a friendly conversation, maintain eye contact, not compulsively talk about heavy machinery or eagles, be relaxed etc. We will practice, using role-playing of typical social scenes, to understand and begin to implement these skills in the real world. This group, which I will lead, will be held in Lexington, most likely at Lexington HS, where we will have more room to move about. 

I have decided to undertake this adventure, since, in recent years, I see more and more of these boys.  They have a host of challenges and my hope is that this work will at least address some part of those problems, particularly about how to survive high school.

For more information about our Social Coaching Group, please visit http://www.psydocs.org or feel free to email me directly with your questions/comments.

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