Enhancing quality of life (QoL) for pediatrics through creation and implementation of social skills group curriculum
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Social group therapy gives pediatric individuals the opportunity to increase their independence and social skills with peers in a safe environment. Social skills deficits are an important target for intervention as they have a significant impact on academic, adaptive, and psychological functioning (Wolstencroft et al., 2018). Pediatric individuals are confronted with endless challenging social occupations in their routine daily lives including such tasks as communicating with friends and teachers at school, ordering their own meals at restaurants, and the many occupational skills simply living at home with their family. Thus, it is important for the child to practice learned skills to increase social performance. For the pediatric population, carryover is important as it allows the pediatric individual to take learned skills from therapy into their environment at home or school. Being engaged in social performance through interaction with others and repetition in applying skills will improve the individual's confidence to carry these same learned skills into their own surroundings.
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