Help your child enhance their social skills with Kinark\u2019s Let\u2019s Be Friends program. In this 10-session virtual program for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aged five to 12, participants will develop the play and social skills necessary to build and sustain friendships. In a small group of peers, children will communicate and interact with others to build and sustain social skills. Supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Let\u2019s Be Friends uses evidenced-based strategies embedded within a variety of engaging games and activities to teach social skills with an emphasis on, Facilitating interactions between your child and their same-aged peers Developing healthy social interactions between your child and their peers Expanding your child\u2019s motivation to interact with others Developing and expanding your child\u2019s functional communication skills Developing your child\u2019s co-operative play, sportsmanship, and teamwork skills Increasing your child\u2019s skills to initiate and maintain conversations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","lpm_province":[26],"lpm_need":[],"lpm_journey":[40],"lpm_service_type":[],"lpm_language":[44],"lpm_keyword":[7310,7484,7625,7683,7736],"class_list":["post-18814","lpm_program","type-lpm_program","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n