Services
Skills Training & Development
- Pro-social skills (e.g., replacing problematic behaviors with behaviors that are socially and culturally appropriate or developing interpersonal relationship skills necessary to function effectively with family, peers, teachers, or other people in the community);
- Cultural Diversity and Acceptance;
- Anger management (e.g., identification of antecedents to anger, calming down, stopping and thinking before acting, handling criticism, avoiding and disengaging from explosive situations);
- Conflict resolution;
- Communication skills;
- Assertiveness skills (e.g., resisting peer pressure, replacing aggressive behaviors with assertive behaviors, and expressing one’s own opinion in a manner that is socially appropriate);
- Social skills and expanding the individual social support network, (e.g., selection of appropriate friends and healthy activities);
- Stress reduction techniques (e.g., progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing exercises, guided imagery, and selected visualization);
- Skills to identify and utilize community resources and informal supports; and, Independent living skills (e.g., money management, accessing and using transportation, grocery shopping, maintaining housing, maintaining a job, and decision making).