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For all programming and seminars, contact Nadine Briggs at 978-764-2758 or nbriggs@socialsmartkids.com for more information.

Social Smart KidsCamp @ The Peter Pan Center - Click here to register

Helping kids make real and lasting friendships is the passion of Nadine Briggs of Social Smart Kids and Donna Shea of the Peter Pan Center. This year, we're teaming up to offer a summer program that will focus on helping kids strengthen their social skills and interactions and increase their self-confidence. Programs will be run in two-week sessions and children ages 7-12 are welcome to attend one, two or all three! Each session includes 24 hours of direct social skills training and will be limited to 15 children with a 1:5 staff ratio.

We will be offering a social thinking curriculum with activities focused on "Self" (Session 1), "Others" (Session 2) and "Community" (Session 3). Each session will include structured activities to target specific skills as well as the opportunity for unstructured social opportunities with in-the-moment social coaching to assist children in generalizing these skills. Each session will also include our KidSkits workshop that allows kids to be the star of their own DVD and watch themselves acting out both the wrong and right ways to approach various social situations.

When: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 1: Self - July 13-15 and July 20–22, 2010
Session 2: Others – July 27-29 and August 3-5  NOTE: DATE CHANGE
Session 3: Community – August 10-12 and August 17-19 NOTE: DATE CHANGE
Where: The Peter Pan Center, 280 Ayer Road (Rt. 111), Harvard, MA 01451
Who: boys and girls ages 7 – 12 years old
Cost: $600 for one session
$1150 for two sessions
$1700 for three sessions

Note savings for registering for multiple sessions and register by May 14, 2010 and receive an additional 10% off
Contacts: Donna Shea, 978-772-1255, donna.peterpancenter@yahoo.com
Nadine Briggs, 978-764-2758, nbriggs@socialsmartkids.com

Social Smart Kidskits Starring the Peter Pan Center Players - click here to register

The Kidskits Workshop offers a comfortable environment with supportive peers and social skills professionals to encourage and teach strong socialization skills through the use of drama in short skits. We are looking for cast members to join the Peter Pan Center Players who will role-play common social scenarios onto their very own social-learning DVD. Participants will receive:

• A DVD containing the video from their social role-playing session
• A Deck of Social Smart Kids Discussion Cards containing 52 common social scenarios in Q & A format to be used for reinforcement at home and/or school (a $14.95 value)
• A Peter Pan Player Prize Bag
  
  Guidelines for success:
  • Program participants are “fluent” in their use of language (both written and spoken)
  • One-to-one adult attention is not necessary for safety
  • Members can transition in and out of the program without incident
  • Participants refrain from aggression toward others
  • Program members are interested in socializing and role-playing
  • Participants can independently take care of rest room

SibSkills Group @ the Peter Pan Center This Summer! - Call 978-772-1255 to register

At the Peter Pan Center, it's all about making friends. Wouldn't it be great if your kids were friends too? This summer I'll be offering a social opportunity program especially for siblings, co-led by my colleague Nadine Briggs of Social Smart Kids who is a certified SibShop facilitator.

The program will be based on teaching Collaborative Problem Solving with a focus on coaching brothers and sisters in: respecting each other's space and belongings; respect for each other's opinions and feelings; problem solving; sharing skills; playing fair and more...

Mondays 11:00-12:00 PM
6 weeks beginning July 12, 2010.

The program is best suited for siblings between the ages of 5-9. If your child(ren) are slightly older or younger, we can chat!

A minimum of 6 participants is needed to hold the program and there will be a maximum of 12.

Tuition is $180 per child.

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Seminar: Friendships and Social Coaching: Helping Kids Make and Keep Friends

• Barriers to Socialization
• Adult Role in Socialization
• Teaching Empathy and Respect
• Creating and Accessing Socialization Opportunities
• The School's Role in Teaching Social Skills
• Overall Advice on How to Develop Social Relationships
  
  

The seminar will provide practical advice with examples of how to assist children in making and keeping friends.

Social Smart Kids is a web-based organization designed to educate and support children who experience social challenges.

Seminar: Siblings Have Special Needs Too: Nurturing Healthy Sibling Relationships

Nadine Briggs, founder of a social skills-based company, Social Smart Kids (www.SocialSmartKids.com), parent consultant and Sibshop Facilitator, will explore how parents can improve the social lives of children. Seminar discussion topics include:

• The Importance of Sibling Relationships
• Siblings Inner Struggle: Compassion vs. Conflict
• How to Nurture Sibling Relationships

Seminar: Social Advocacy: Handling the Greater Social World

• Societal Interactions
• Potential Parental Potholes
• Personal Power and Self Esteem
  
  

The seminar will discuss issues that families face daily regarding disclosure, inappropriate interactions, extended family, community, parenting pitfalls and how to develop personal power and self esteem and more.

Social Smart Kids is a web-based organization designed to educate and support children who experience social challenges.