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Group Life Skills Development

Age Group: Teens and Young Adults

Our small-group life skills program creates a safe, supportive, and encouraging environment where youth can develop practical, social, and emotional skills alongside peers. Using a person-centered, trauma-informed framework, we foster learning through role-play, guided practice, discussion, and shared experiences. Sessions are respectful, non-clinical, and focused on building confidence, personal agency, and a sense of belonging. Group sessions may explore themes such as budgeting, meal planning, coping with stress, communication skills, or workplace etiquette. Each session is strengths-based, flexible, and designed to support different learning and communication styles. Visuals, sensory breaks, and adaptable approaches are integrated to ensure accessibility for all participants.

Program Details:
Duration: 6 weeks in-person (Weekly Modules)
Parent Tandem Program: online resources, tips, and guides will be provided to support generalization of skills across home and community settings

Weekly Modules Include: Social Engagement & Friendships Emotional Regulation and Stress Management Executive Function: Time/Task Management & Goal Setting Job Readiness & Daily Living Healthy Relationships, Boundaries & Consent Problem Solving, Decision-Making & Autonomy

Skills Supported:
  • Planning and preparing simple meals
  • Budgeting for groceries or weekly activities
  • Using time management tools (planners, apps, reminders)
  • Practicing social interactions (conversation skills, group dynamics)
  • Managing stress and self-regulation in social settings
  • Job readiness: teamwork, responsibilities, communication at work
  • Setting goals and breaking them into steps
  • Personal & Sexual Health: puberty, healthy relationships, boundaries, consent, reproductive basics, body autonomy, self-advocacy
  • Navigating friendships, consent, and safe boundaries
  • Practicing public transportation and wayfinding skills
  • Building independent living routines
  • Celebrating success and learning from setbacks
  • Problem-solving in everyday scenarios
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Group Life Skills Development (Teens – 25)

Our Group Life Skills Development program helps teens and young adults strengthen the practical, social, and emotional skills they need to succeed in everyday life. Programs are delivered in a supportive, inclusive setting where participants can learn from role-play, guided practice, discussion, and shared experiences.

Educational Framework

Our small-group program is non-clinical and focused on building confidence, belonging, and personal agency. Each session is flexible, trauma-informed, and designed to support a variety of learning and communication styles, with the use of visuals, sensory breaks, and adaptable approaches to ensure accessibility for all.

Weekly Modules (6-week cycle):

  • Social Engagement & Friendships

  • Emotional Regulation and Stress Management

  • Executive Function: Time/Task Management & Goal Setting

  • Job Readiness & Daily Living

  • Healthy Relationships, Boundaries & Consent

  • Problem Solving, Decision-Making & Autonomy

Note: This group is educational and skills-based. It is not psychotherapy or ABA therapy. ABA-informed strategies may be integrated where appropriate under BCBA guidance.

Clinical Framework (ABA-Based Skills Training)

This group provides ABA-based skills training in a supportive peer environment. Overseen by a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and supported by Registered Behaviour Technicians (RBTs), the program uses evidence-based ABA teaching strategies such as:

  • Role play

  • Behavioral rehearsal

  • Prompting

  • Feedback

Progress is measured using data collection and monitored by the supervising BCBA. Goals are individualized to each participant, while group activities encourage peer interaction, problem-solving, and independence.

Weekly Modules (6-week cycle):

  • Social Engagement & Friendships

  • Emotional Regulation and Coping Skills

  • Executive Function: Time/Task Management & Goal Setting

  • Job Readiness & Daily Living Skills

  • Healthy Relationships, Boundaries & Consent

  • Problem Solving, Decision-Making & Autonomy

This program follows CPBAO standards for ABA service delivery and is suitable for youth and families accessing ABA funding supports.

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Talk Therapy Services psychotherapy clinic in London, Ontario

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counselling services by licensed therapists,
informed by best practices and current research,
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