Art of Friendship: Compassionate Social Coaching for Social Miscues and Big Feelings

Hosted by the Art of Friendship.

A FREE live workshop empowering parents, educators, and professionals to help children socialize, cope, and thrive. In-person AND virtual remote attendance options.

Children with autism, ADHD, and learning differences are often misunderstood and receive controlling or punitive corrections for behaviors that are not motivated by bad intentions. Frequent correction is one part of a larger negative feedback cycle that makes neurodivergent kids feel incompetent, unconfident, and anxious.

Neurodivergent social miscues are usually caused by misunderstanding social cues or unwritten social rules/expectations or overwhelming emotions, and are incidental learning opportunities, if done well. Discover how to coach compassionately and effectively by using questions, not corrections.

You’ll learn problem-solving scripts that simultaneously honors the child’s uniqueness, gets them thinking about ways to engage with the world more successfully, and cope with feelings. You will emerge from this seminar equipped to confidently provide gentle social coaching for your child’s difficult moments.

CEC’s are not available for this event. Free of charge but by registration/RSVP only.

Presenter Mike Fogel is a board-certified art therapist and licensed professional counselor who treats a wide range of childhood emotional-behavioral challenges. Since 1995, Mike cultivated a specialty treating neuro-diverse children with autism, ADHD, and learning differences.