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PEERS® for Young Adults Social Skills Group (Ages 17-25)

PEERS® (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) Curriculum (Laugeson, 2014) is an evidence-based program that teaches friendship skills, developing romantic relationships, and managing conflict and rejection to young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or related social difficulties.

Each small group (8-10 young adults) is led by a Certified PEERS instructor and assistant, using the PEERS® curriculum.

Group Information

Age Group PEERS® for Young Adults (Ages 17-25)
Young Adult Sessions Thursdays 5:00–6:30 PM Online via Zoom
Young Adult DATEs January 8 - April 23, 2026 (15 sessions)
No session March 19
Social Coach Sessions Wednesdays 7:00–8:00 PM Online via Zoom
Social Coach Dates January 7 - April 22, 2026 (15 sessions)
No session March 18
Fee $2000

Young adults will learn skills like:

  • Trading information
  • Conversational skills
  • Electronic communication
  • Choosing appropriate friends
  • Appropriate use of humor
  • Peer entry and exit strategies
  • Get-togethers
  • Dating etiquette
  • Handling indirect and direct bullying
  • Handling arguments and disagreements
  • Handling rumours and gossip

What’s Included:

  • One 90-minute young adult session each week (online, 15 sessions)
  • One 60-minute social coach session each week (online, 15 sessions)
  • Manualized curriculum
  • Group-based learning and peer interaction
  • Supervision by a Registered Behaviour Analyst 

Social coach Commitment

  • Social coaches can include parents, caregivers, adult siblings, friends, partners, and peer mentors
  • Regular attendance at the online weekly social coach sessions
  • Support the young adult with weekly homework, including weekly phone calls and coaching in socialization opportunities
  • Assisting the young adult with finding a source of friends
  • Ongoing communication  about your young adult’s progress and any challenges

Eligibility:

For young adults ages 17-25 who:

  • Can focus and take part in group lessons and activities
  • Can talk about their interests
  • Express interest in learning about making and keeping friends, developing romantic relationships, and/or learning how to manage conflict and rejection

A brief intake meeting will be required before the program starts.

Good to Know:

Services provided by a clinical team of Registered Behaviour Analysts (RBAs) and Instructor Therapists. Funding through the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) may be used.

Winter 2026 Registration

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Monday to Friday: 8:00am – 4:30pm

Launch Behavioural Health

250 Carlaw Ave., Unit 102

Toronto, ON

M4M 3L1

Phone: 416-469-4434

Email: info@launchbehaviouralhealth.ca

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Launch is proudly accredited by the Behavioral Health Centers of Excellence (BHCOE) and is committed to upholding the BHCOE’s Standards of Excellence https://www.bhcoe.org/standards/. Information regarding BHCOE accreditation can be found here: https://www.bhcoe.org/parent-autism-quality-aba-providers/

Dalton Associates (DA) and Launch Behavioural Health acknowledge that we are situated on Turtle Island, that has been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples from the beginning. As a settler-owned organization, we are always working on de-colonizing our practices and offering mental health services that reflect a wholistic approach to health and wellness. Our clients come from a variety of backgrounds, and include First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. We want to do more than make a difference at an individual level: we aspire to support a societal shift in the way that mental health is addressed and cared for, and we believe that a cross-cultural approach, bringing Indigenous worldviews to the forefront, is necessary to help break the system and rebuild it in a way that promotes healthy wellbeing for future generations. We are actively engaged in changing the landscape of mental health care in Ontario, by augmenting (and compensating) the voices and experiences of Indigenous knowledge keepers, and by incorporating Indigenous values and teachings in our program models.