Modalities Used in group       The Buddy Bunch   For children and adolescents social skill development may influence all aspects of their social development including peer and family relationships, behavior, and even academic performance.  Social skills promote personal responsibility and enhance coping skills.    Knowing what to say, how to make good choices, and how to behave in difficult social situations are crucial to a child’s social development.   However, some children experience great difficulty in developing and maintaining relationships with parents, teachers, and peers.   For others, making friends, maintaining relationships with others, and understanding rules of “fair play” may be of greater difficulty.   The Buddy Bunch is a unique social skills group for children of varying ages in which structured play and activities are tailored to the individual need of each child.  The facilitators will help group members develop a sense of group connectedness and cooperation.  Members of our group may demonstrate impulsive and inattentive behaviors at school and at home.  Our time is devoted to helping students learn to get along with others, follow the directions of a teacher, and solve problems in logical ways.  Our groups maintain a low staff to student ratio to ensure appropriate modeling of behavior and immediate feedback.  At the Talcott Center we strive to promote generalization of learned social skills to alternate settings such as the classroom, playground, and home setting.  For this reason, we encourage parent consultation in order to help identify specific areas of concern.         Farmington Talcott Plaza 230 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06032 Phone: (860) 674-1824 Fax: (860) 674-1836   info@thetalcottcenter.com