• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Outreach Teeen

Outreach Teen and Family Services

COUNSELING. CARE. CONNECTION.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Donate
  • I Need Help Now!
  • Show Search
MENU
Hide Search
  • Home
  • Why Outreach?
    • Our Team
    • Our History
    • Board Members
    • Partners
    • Fees & Insurance
    • Testimonials
    • Outreach News
    • Annual Reports
  • Counseling
  • Programs
    • Education
    • Prevention
    • Intervention
    • Podcast
  • Support
    • Ways To Help
    • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Donate
  • FAQs
    • COVID-19
  • Resources
  • Contact
    • Intake Inquiry Form
    • Choices Intake
    • Employment
  • Donate
  • I Need Help Now!
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Linkedin
    • Instagram
    • Youtube

Social Skills

Resources Social Skills

The term “social skills” refers to the many ways in which we communicate and interact with others, including verbal and nonverbal communication. Although these skills change and adapt with new experiences thought the lifespan, most individuals learn the majority of their social skills in childhood and adolescence. As with all developmental tasks, some children learn social skills more easily while others experience difficulty.

Warning Signs:

  • Difficulty making and keeping friends
  • Frequent arguments with friends
  • Ineffective communication with peers, parents and/or teachers (e.g. not looking people in the eye while talking, talking too softly or too loudly, no variation in tone of speech)
  • Difficulty with turn-taking in a conversation
  • Complaining about being teased or not having any friends
  • Difficulty in group work situations

Treatment Options:

Counseling can help teach important social skills, such as how to initiate a conversation, how to show interest while talking with others, and what makes a “good friend.” Counselors will often use role playing so that children and adolescents can practice their new skills while imagining being in a particular social situation. This helps individuals to prepare for and address any potential stumbling blocks, which can make them feel more at ease in real situations.

Additional Resources:

  • National Association of School Psychologists

Primary Sidebar

Resources:

  • ADHD
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Bullying-Cyberbullying
  • Community Resources
  • Crisis Networks
  • Depression
  • Drug & Alcohol Abuse and Addiction
  • Family Struggles
  • Parenting
  • Relationship Violence
  • School Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Social Skills
  • Suicide
  • Teen Body Image
  • Vaping

Search Outreach Teen and Family Services

COUNSELING. CARE. CONNECTION.

Footer

Our Mission

We provide affordable and accessible connection, education, counseling, and coaching to children, teens and families through safe, caring, responsive, confidential professional therapists supported by dedicated community advocates.

Our Vision

We want every child, teen and family in the communities we serve to thrive.

Outreach Teen & Family Services

615 Washington Road
Terrace Level-6
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
info@outreachteen.org
412-561-5405
412-561-4581

  • Why Outreach?
  • Counseling
  • Our Programs
  • Support Our Mission
  • FAQs
  • Resources
  • Contact Us
HIPAA Seal of Compliance Verified

Connect With Outreach!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • Youtube

United Way Contributor Choice Program #126

Great Nonprofits
Scroll Page Up

Outreach Teen and Family Services

Copyright © 2023 Outreach Teen & Family Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. View our Privacy Policy.
Website by DDS