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Social Skills Groups (Ages 8 - 12)

Our clinic is located at 250 Carlaw Ave., Unit 102, in the Leslieville area of Toronto.

We offer several evidence-based social skills groups for children and youth at Launch Behavioural Services. All groups are offered in-person at our clinic.

Children’s Friendship Training Social Skills Group (ages 8-12)

September 20, 2022 - December 6, 2022

Tuesdays from 5:00-6:00pm

Fee: $600 | Register by August 12, 2022

We offer social skills groups based on the Children Friendship Training program (Frankle & Myatt, 2003) for children ages 8-12. Our goal is to teach your child how to apply skills learned within the group, with peers at school, and in the community. Skills will be taught in a small-group format with 6-8 children and 1 lead instructor and an assistant instructor.

An eligibility assessment will be conducted in order to determine if your child meets the pre-requisite criteria to join the social skills group. This assessment is essential to identify if your child displays the prerequisite skills to learn within a group setting.

Our children social skills group address social functioning in several areas:

  • Conversational skills
  • Peer group entry
  • Expanding and developing friendship networks
  • Handling teasing
  • Practicing good sportsmanship
  • Practicing good host behaviour during playdates

What we offer:

  • One 60-minute session per week, for 12 sessions
  • Parent meetings via Zoom
  • Curriculum based learning plan
  • Opportunities to connect and interact with all children within the program
  • Supervision from a BCBA, BCBA-D, or Registered Psychologist

Commitment from parents:

  • Participation in homework or parent training opportunities
  • Attendance at parent group meetings
  • Ongoing communication about challenges, concerns or progress

Contact Us to Register or to Learn More


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.