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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you again, PPs. 
To PP who said two is not a social skills group -- what did you do in the case when there aren't enough kids? 
Did you drop out and tell the facilitator that you'd be back during the next session?[/quote]

When we joined a group toward the end of the session; there were four kids total.  The facilitator knew two of the kids weren't coming back for the next session and were not upfront with us about this when we signed up for the following session.  We stuck it out for a while, but I was just disgusted with the disorganization and unprofessionalism of the staff.

Depending on the therapeutic goal, there are OTs, STs, or behavioral therapists that do facilitated dyads or triads.  That's fine, but a provider needs to define upfront what their method is not just using a "group" as a means to make money by seeing multiple kids at a time.

Little Johnny might be fine on a one-on-one play date with his friend, but may have issues that emerge or exacerbated in a group setting, so on the playground for example,

--a kid with ADHD may have trouble interrupting/getting overly excited/keeping hands to self 
--a kid with flexibility issues may try to control the group/not be able to compromise
--a kid with anxiety may have trouble advocating for themselves or isolates themselves as a coping strategy
--a kid with expressive delays or ADHD may have more difficulty formulating response to others

So in a structured social skills group, you're giving kids the opportunity to practice the skill they have difficulty with in a safe setting.[/quote]

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