Learn to be your loved one’s social coach.

S Groups follows the PEERS® model and offers a dedicated Social Coaching Group, where parents and caregivers are trained to become social coaches for their loved ones. You’ll often hear us refer to caregivers as “social coaches.”

A social coach is someone in your loved one’s life who learns the same skills they’re practicing — giving you a shared language and simple ways to reinforce those skills at home.

For adolescents, social coaches are most often parents. For young adults, social coaches might include parents, adult siblings, other family members, job or life coaches, friends, partners, or peer mentors.

Social coaches learn how to:

• ✓Provide support during "coachable moments"
• ✓Assist with weekly practice assignments
• ✓Help identify and build sources of friendship outside the program setting

Having a social coach is one of the ways families can stay connected to the work — a meaningful way to reinforce the skills your loved one is building and grow alongside them.