Social Skills 

What it is:

Social cognition, more commonly known as social skills, refers to the way we think about other people and how we use that information to change our own behavior.  Challenges in social cognition can be secondary to diagnoses such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attentional disorders (ADHD/ADD), Nonverbal Learning Disability (NLD), and other similar disorders. 

What it looks like:

A child with challenges in social cognition may have difficulty with the following:

• Knowing how to enter into a group or social situation
• "Going with the flow" during play or during conversation
• Inhibiting their thoughts to avoid hurting someone's feelings
• Recognizing  "personal space" of others

What we do:

We teach children and adolescents how to think about others, and how their own behaviors influence how others think about them.  
For more information about social cognition, visit: Social Thinking Factsheet