Social Skills Groups?

[Anonymous]

I just received a recommendation that I try a social skills group for my 8 year old son. Does anyone have experience with these? Any recommendations in Montgomery County? I'm not even sure where to start.

[Anonymous]

I'm interested too so if you find out anything, please post.

[Anonymous]

Expressive Therapy in Rockville does them. My daughter is slightly quirky and the rest were a lot quirky. It was expensive, not covered and I didn't feel she got a lot out of them, so we did it for a year and stopped. You can look at other people's reviews of the company. My big gripe was that the leaders were in training and supervised by a psychologist. I felt it was a lot of money to pay for relatively inexperienced leaders.

[Anonymous]

Alvord Baker is good. Two locations. Google it.

[Anonymous]

We had a terrible experience at Rubinoff, so just one to avoid.

National Speech offers group therapy. Even if a kid doesn't have a speech delay he/she might have issues accessing the right words/behavior when they're excited/upset. We've done individual therapy there and had a good experience.

I've also heard good things about Alvord Baker.

You'll also get more suggestions off the Special Needs forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alvord Baker is good. Two locations. Google it.

New poster- Do you know if they provide counseling for "typical" kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a terrible experience at Rubinoff, so just one to avoid.

National Speech offers group therapy. Even if a kid doesn't have a speech delay he/she might have issues accessing the right words/behavior when they're excited/upset. We've done individual therapy there and had a good experience.

I've also heard good things about Alvord Baker.

You'll also get more suggestions off the Special Needs forum.

Your bad experience with Laura Rubinoff only means YOU had a bad experience. I'm glad you were able to find a social skills class more suitable to your child's needs (and yours). We have had a fabulous experience with her group (and not so great experience with others). So, OP, you see, it really depends on personalities of the group, your child and yourself. Honestly, I would sample a few of the groups who offer social skills as they all operate slightly differently. One may suit your needs over another.

[Anonymous]

We did expressive therapy. I found the group good and the therapist, Dan, fantastic. But in the end, I'm not sure my son ever generalized what he learned outside of group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alvord Baker is good. Two locations. Google it.

New poster- Do you know if they provide counseling for "typical" kids?

Yes, they do.