PEERS® Virtual Adolescent Social Skills Group

Alliance Pediatrics and The Social Coach LLC

PEERS® Virtual Adolescent Social Skills Group

When: Thursday evening sessions beginning October 23, 2025

Cost: Contact groups4peers@gmail.com for pricing information.

Location: Virtual

Registration: Complete the Interest Form to get started, participants must complete a 20-minute meet-and-greet to ensure that the student and family can benefit from the program.

The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) provides evidence-based social skills neuro-affirming support designed for adolescents with social challenges.  The program was first developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), by PEERS® Clinic director Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, and has expanded to locations across the United States and around the globe.

Our social program follows the UCLA PEERS curriculum combined with social thinking and other supportive therapeutic interventions to maximize social growth. There is a weekly caregiver component to our program. Topics include: entering and exiting conversations, dealing with teasing/taunting/bullying, communicating with peers via text/phone/chat, choosing friend groups, learning tools to build friendships into meaningful relationships, appropriate use of humor, planning and going to hangouts, and dealing with rejection.

Sessions are offered in the fall and spring and run 13 weeks with a three-month follow up.