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[quote=Anonymous]My DC’s group was always 4-6 boys. Of course, some weeks there may have only been 2 or 3 due to travel or illness, but the vast majority was 4-6. They played games that were challenging for them, like Sorry or Chutes and Ladders. They discussed things that happened and learned to talk with each other. Their facilitator was big on link and share. Linking was when the person asked a question that was not technical and sharing was when the answered. So if one of them went to the zoo, they could ask something like what was your favorite animal but not did you see x or what time did you get there. Sharing needed to be non technical too. They were taught to try to link 75% of the time and only share 25% of the time - that way they would end up closer to the 50/50 as most would underestimate their sharing and over estimate their linking. They went on “field trips”, across the street to the fast food restaurant where they all ordered and paid for their food individually and then sat down and talked. Once they went bowling. These helped them practice different social situations. As they got older, they would trouble shoot things that happened during the previous week. They had homework to do - like talk to someone a lunch or invite someone over. The facilitator also held a parent group once a month or so and we mainly trouble shooted things and learned a few parenting techniques. DH and I learned quite a bit and were able to reenforce some of the things DC was learning. [/quote]
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