Hi Everyone, I just want to add to the conversation that effective social skills groups will give kids a place to express their emotions, learn new skills, practice them in a safe place, and then send the kids home with explicit tasks to try out on their home before returning to share about how it went. I know nothing about the sleep away camps mentioned in this thread, but I would be wary about anyone saying that a 1- or 2- week sleepaway camp will help kids to interalize strategies. Depending on the age and the confounding of other 2E issues, the process of acquiring and mastering effective social skills is going to take more than that. At the same time, a really awesome sleepaway camp could very well jump start a child's journey to more successful social interactions.
