Jim West the President of Total Life Counseling Center and National Media Expert has specialized in ASD and ADHD and has run Social Skills Camps, Groups and Social Skills Coaching Services for 20+ years. Our Orlando Florida Social Skills ADHD ASD Summer Day camp is for students who may lack assertion, poor self esteem, low self confidence or have social skills delays.

Jim West, MA, LMHC, in cooperation with Camp J Orlando will be running an Orlando Summer Social Skills Day. Camp J is a mainstream camp and we will bring around 20 socially delayed kids. Our TLC staff will be wearing Camp J shirts to blend in with Camp J staff! They will be assigned to 3-5 students and will be redirecting behaviors that make them stick out in real time throughout the day with the goal to help them blend in better by the end of the week! The following concerns are a few of many issues addressed: struggling with starting and continuing conversations, reciprocating conversations, taking an interest in peers interests, lack of assertion, boundary issues, difficulty reading non-verbals, leadership development, mood swings, and more.

The program is so successful, students have traveled from Central, South America, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and all over the United States to attend this Social Skills Camp.

This Social Skills Summer Camp is a NORMAL Summer Camp of 150 Camp J Campers and TLC brings 20 kids that stand out with the goal of helping them blend in better by the end of the week! This camp is great for students with:

  • Low Self-Confidence or Self-Esteem
  • Anxiety – To Help Face and Overcome their Fears
  • Social Anxiety – Build Social Confidence
  • ADHD or ADD – 60% of ADHD students are behind socially so we help close the social gap!
  • High Functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • As all of these diagnoses tend to be behind socially by showing some or all of the following social delays.

15 Symptoms or Tips to Identify Social Delays

If you can answer yes to two or more of these items about your child, he or she may benefit from learning skills that will help him or her to connect better with peers, and to more confident and prepared for the real world. Here are a few symptoms to look for:

  • Doesn’t recognize non-verbal cues
  • Gets in peers personal space
  • Annoys to get attention because they do not know how to get it another way
  • Low self confidence
  • Poor eye contact
  • Only interested in themselves rather than taking an interest in their peers
  • Talks too much
  • Lacks assertion
  • Impulsive or blurts out responses
  • Tries too hard to make friends laugh – thinks humor will make them friends
  • Reacts to teasing and does not know how to roll with conflict
  • Has a need for justice and fairness and judges peers
  • Isolates or withdraws from peers
  • Always wants to be first or wants to play what they want
  • Kids do not call for play dates or to hang out!
  • Student Leadership Camp is a fun Summer or Winter camp that helps build leadership, learning and life skills in kids and teens! This camp in the Orlando area is for students that may have social skills issues with their peer group and/or lack assertiveness and self-confidence. This camp takes place at Camp J, in Dr. Phillips Orlando Florida.

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