The document outlines a 6-week curriculum for a social skills group for middle school children with developmental delays. Each week focuses on a theme like peer pressure, problem solving, or manners. The group meets weekly and consists of greetings, a recreational activity, a team meeting on that week's social skills lesson, a group activity, and farewells. The team meeting uses role playing and examples to teach skills related to the weekly theme.

1. At my internship at the Pediatric Developmental Center, I
developed a six-week curricuulmfor a social therapy group,
Horizons II. The group is aimed at developing social skills in
middle-school age children who have developmental delays like
Autism, ADHD, and Asperger's. Each week features a theme and
consists of five parts: Greetings, Rec Time, Team Meeting,
Group Activity, and Goodbyes. During the Team Meeting part,
the theme of the week is used to teach the children an age
appropriate skill they need to work on developing.

2. Week 1
Theme: Peer Pressure
Goals:
 Learn what negative & positive peer pressure are
 Learn it’s okay to say “no” to peer pressure when they know it’s not right or don’t want to
 Learn to be nice when saying “no”
Greetings: Put names on board, say “hello” to everyone
Ask question of the day
Rec Activity: Twister
Team Activity: Social Skills (lesson 49, p. 146)
 Read lesson & examples
 Use pictures of activities/ yes & no cards
 Ask each child a question where answer is no (see suggested questions)
 Ask each child a question where answer may be yes or no
 Role-plays
Group Activity: Headbands game
Goodbyes

3. Week 2
Theme: Protect Yourself
Goals:
 Increase personal knowledge & awareness of protective skills at home & in the
community
 Promote interaction by sharing viewpoints
Greetings: Put names on board, say “hello” to everyone
Ask question of the day
Rec Activity: Bean Bag Toss
Team Activity: Group Exercises (#44, p. 93)
 Use #s 3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,15 & ask what the kids think
 You should do (may give 2 options)
 Model examples
Group Activity: Uno
Goodbyes

4. Week 3
Theme: Acceptable Touching
Goals:
 identify incidents concerning the appropriate touching of others
 Increase awareness of when appropriate touching is acceptable
Greetings: Put names on board, say “hello” to everyone
Ask question of the day
Rec Activity: Musical Chairs
Team Activity: Group Exercises (#7, p. 13)
 Read lesson, “personal space” talk
 Use behaviors on activity sheet as examples
 Role-plays
Group Activity: Apples to Apples
Goodbyes

5. Week 4
Theme: Teasing
Goals:
 Be able to demonstrate that they can deal w/ name calling by ignoring the action or
verbally expressing to the name caller their dislike of the behavior
Greetings: Put names on board, say “hello” to everyone
Ask question of the day
Rec Activity: Yoga
Team Activity: Social Skills (lesson 31, p. 92), see p. 207 for phrases
 Read story example
 Model the skill
 Role-plays
 Compliments about a partner
Group Activity: Zingo
Goodbyes

6. Week 5
Theme: Problem-solving by talking
Goals:
 Demonstrate the ability to solve a conflict by not fighting, but talking to the
person w/ whom they’re involved or by asking a teacher to help settle it
Greetings: Put names on board, say “hello” to everyone
Ask question of the day
Rec Activity: Hulabaloo
Team Activity: Social Skills ( lesson 28, p.85)
 Introduce story
 Model & role-plays (using a game or toy)
Group Activity: 5 Senses
Goodbyes

7. Week 6
Theme: Manners (please, may I, thank you)/ Respect
Goals: learn respect for others by using “please, may I, & thank you”
Greetings: Put names on board, say “hello” to
everyone Ask question
of the day
Rec Activity: Twister
Team Activity: Social Skills (lesson 11, p.32)
 Read/explain lesson
 Model skills
 Role-plays
Group Activity: Shrek Operation
Goodbyes