Social Strategies Workshops

ON HIATUS UNTIL FALL 2024

These 8-week workshops offer information and strategies for engaging with the neurotypical social world in a way that feels comfortable. We begin with participants’ own goals, and build our lesson plans around them. A typical list of topics covered in an 8-week session might be:

• Finding people with similar interests

• Social anxiety vs. social awareness

• “Reading the Room”

• Risk and Rejection

• Being Approachable

• Types of Friends

• Beginning, Sustaining, & Ending Conversations

• What to Talk About

Our workshops use ideas, strategies and tips from a variety of sources and from autistic and neurodivergent authors and self-advocates. We are also continually checking with our autistic staff and teen and adult advisors about the value, appeal, and usefulness of we do.