In weekly 90-minute online small group sessions, teens/young adults are taught important social skills and given the opportunity to practise these skills during socialisation activities in the session.

Parents/caregivers attend online 60-minute weekly small group sessions separately to their teens/young adults and are taught how to become a social coach for their teen/young adult to support them in practicing their new skills at home, coaching them during their weekly socialisation homework assignments and providing feedback.

Sessions are relaxed and fun whilst using evidence-based teaching methods Small group (6-12 participants) Safe environment where everyone finds success Didactic instruction (concrete easy to follow rules and steps) Socratic questioning method (a question/answer dialogue to draw out ideas) Teaches ecologically valid skills (skills that socially successful people use) Correct/Incorrect role play examples Role-playing and modelling practice of correct skills (behaviourial rehearsal) Perspective-taking questions targeting social cognition Social coaching from both course facilitators and parent(s)/carer(s) Homework exercises (with parent/carer assistance) Each session builds upon the previous week Teens/Young Adults learn how to Develop and maintain friendships Improve conversational skills Choose appropriate friends and find common interests Appropriately use electronic forms of communication Appropriately use humour and assess humour feedback Start, enter and exit conversations between peers Organise successful get-togethers with friends Be a good sport when playing games and/or sports with friends Handle arguments and disagreements with friends Handle rejection, teasing, bullying, rumours/gossip and cyber bullying Change an unwanted reputation Dating Skills (Young Adults Program only)