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Project

42- PEERS for Adolescent's Social Skills

Center:

SD-Center for Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2023

Contact Information:

Ryan Groeneweg
[email protected]
605-357-1411

Project Description:

The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) is world-renowned for providing evidence-based social skills treatment to preschoolers, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, and other socio-emotional problems. The Center for Disabilities, with support from the South Dakota Council on Developmental Disabilities, provided PEERS® for Adolescents Certified Training and certified 22 South Dakota professionals to implement this evidence-based social skills curriculum for adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Keyword(s):

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees, Continuing Education/Community Training

Area of Emphasis

Education & Early Intervention

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Reservation, Rural/Remote, Urban, Specific Groups

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State, Regional

Funding Source:

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1000 Silver Spring, MD 20910

Mailing address:
PO Box 8787
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8787