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Social Group for Boys
When : Every other Friday, 4:30-5:30pm
Where : UMACC, Victor Vaughn Building, 1111 E. Catherine St., Ann Arbor
UMACC offers a group for boys age 9 to 12 with high functioning autistic spectrum disorder or Asperger Syndrome.
The Social Group for Boys focuses on building common social interaction skills, such as conversation,
perspective-taking, and sharing interests. Social group meetings combine brief skill instruction and
practice with fun, interactive activities, in which participants get to use their social skills in a more natural way.
Activities in group are selected to be enjoyable, age-appropriate, and interesting.
Group leaders provide positive reinforcement and feedback to the participants throughout the structured activities to
further emphasize the social interaction skills. At the end of each session, the group does a fun activity designed to
give them an opportunity to use the skills they have learned. The boys will choose to have game time, where they play
various board games in small groups, or to do a group project, such as building a webpage or inventing a game of their own.
Families interested in this group can contact:
Lindsay Jackson or Sarah Luchansky
um.autism@umich.edu
734.936.8600
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