Essential skills taught:

• Choosing, finding, and maintaining friends

• Using electronic communication

• Appropriate use of humour

• Conversation skills

• Organising successful hangouts with friends

• Developing and maintaining romantic relationships

• Appropriate dating etiquette

• Handling arguments and disagreements

• Handling rejection, bullying, teasing, and rumours/gossip

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During group sessions, participants are taught the above skills and are given the opportunity to practice them in session during interactive activities (e.g. role plays, video reviews, boardgames). Parents/carers/support workers are taught how to assist their young adult by coaching them through weekly home practice tasks.

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Our PEERS for Young Adults group will be running in Terms 3-4 2026. Groups will be held on Fridays from 4:00 - 5:30pm at our Charlestown clinic. Prior to the group starting, we will schedule introductory meetings with each young adult and any parent/carer/support person they wish to attend with them, then the group runs for 15 weeks.

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Please complete the details below to register your young adult in our next PEERS program!

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