Many individuals with social communication conditions face challenges in social settings — from starting conversations to forming and maintaining friendships.
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At North Shore Behavior Consulting, our Dating Skills Program focuses on learning through structured, interactive lessons, individualized goals and teaching methods, and motivating individuals to achieve those goals.
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An initial intake session is completed prior to creating cohorts to ensure members of each cohort are an appropriate fit.
Our Approach
We blend behavior skills training, incidental teaching, and positive reinforcement to help each individual connect and communicate. Sessions are engaging, multimodal, goal and data driven, and most importantly, fun!
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​Skills We Target:​
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Making and keeping friends
Understanding social cues
Problem-solving and collaboration
Initiating conversation during group interactions
and more based on each participants needs
Program Effectiveness
A growing body of research supports the effectiveness of structured, evidence-based social skills groups for individuals with autism and related social communication conditions ...
Initial Criteria for 2026 Enrollment
Group Readiness Guidelines
Participants are expected to engage appropriately in a group setting.
Program Structure
Groups for children, teens, and adults are organized by age, typically with 5 to 10 participants. Each program runs weekly for 10 weeks, with three community sessions.
Individualization
The session identifies group fit and individual goals. Information is gathered from the participant and a family member to tailor the program.
Eligibility
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This group is best suited for individuals who can participate in a structured, small-group setting.
Verbal Abilities
Average or above vocabularies, including the ability to communicate in full sentences and engage in basic brief conversations with others, as this is a verbally oriented program.
Dating Skills Groups Cohort
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