SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month, and one new program is making sure local teens and adults living with autism feel comfortable in the social world. The ...

Cognitive neuroscience researchers and clinicians had been encountering significant challenges in effectively addressing social skills development among individuals dealing with mental health ...

Youth in foster care face significant life challenges that make it more likely that they will face negative outcomes (i.e., school failure, homelessness, and incarceration). While the reason (s) for ...

If you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you might find making and keeping friends, talking to co-workers, or just saying the right things in a social setting difficult or awkward.

The current study evaluated the effects of the Superheroes Social Skills program (Jenson et al. 2011) in promoting accurate demonstration of target social skills in training and generalization ...

For many people, the lack of face-to-face social interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic caused regular social skills to get rusty. Dr. Eric Storch, professor and vice chair in the Menninger ...

A Bexley-based nonprofit that’s been going strong for three years is helping children build emotional resilience and wellness. Each session begins with a lesson ...

Before explaining more about social coaching, let’s review some social skills described by Dr. Ronald Rapee and his colleagues in the book, “Helping Your Anxious Child.” These include skills related ...

Nechama W. is old enough to be entering shidduchim – but the thought makes her mother Mirel shudder in fear. Mirel’s fears are well grounded. Nechama is bright, attractive, and good-hearted; but she ...

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...