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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was an excellent program for my child, the best social skills class we've done. But it's a lot of work, so it's only worth it if your child is motivated to learn and practice the skills. He has to actively want friends, as opposed to you wanting them for him.[/quote]

Thank you. What do you mean exactly, learn and practice the skills? Are they given homework, or do you mean just putting what they learn in the group into practice in their everyday lives?
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Yes, they are given homework. At first, the assignment is to practice the taught conversational skills with another group participant, but by the end, you are supposed to practice them with someone in school/an outside activity, and report back to the group about how it went. One of the reasons why the program was successful for us was that the homework forced my child to work on generalizing the skills. If your child isn't going to do the homework, they won't really learn the skills and it's not worth the time (or money).[/quote]

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