KIDS CAN PEDIATRIC SOCIAL SKILLS THERAPY
Providing quality social skills therapy to Roswell, Alpharetta, & East Cobb (Marietta)
WELCOME TO KIDS CAN
At Kids Can, our Social Skills Therapy for children is designed to help young individuals navigate social interactions with confidence and ease.
Specializing in communication-based social skills challenges, our experienced pediatric speech-language pathologists assist children who struggle with understanding social cues, initiating and maintaining conversations, and interpreting nonverbal communication.
Our personalized approach aims to help each child build meaningful connections and grow in various social environments.
WE HELP KIDS WHO EXPERIENCE
- Difficulty Initiating Conversations: Challenges with starting interactions or knowing what to say.
- Difficulty Maintaining Conversations: Struggles with making relevant comments and asking questions, leading to challenges in knowing how to contribute appropriately to the topic and situation.
- Difficulty Maintaining Conversations: Struggles with taking turns and staying on topic, making it challenging to engage in balanced dialogue and maintain focus.
- Understanding Nonverbal Cues: Difficulty interpreting body language, facial expressions, or tone of voice.
- Reading the Room: Inferring the emotions and thoughts of people present to determine what spoken language, body language, and actions are appropriate.
- Building Friendships: Struggles with making and maintaining friendships due to social communication difficulties.
- Social Anxiety in Group Settings: Feeling overwhelmed or unsure in social situations.
- Perspective-Taking: Challenges in understanding others’ thoughts, feelings, or viewpoints.
- Interpersonal Negotiation: Developing skills to solve problems and resolve conflicts effectively.
What an incredible loving group Kids Can is! My son started this process nervous and closed off and in such a short time, we saw results we could have never imagined...and it was his favorite part of his week. I never imagined getting a call so soon that he no longer needs to attend but the work done was done so well and with so much love
Mom of 7 year-old boyBuckhead, GA 
Emily at Kids Can is a rock star! When [name withheld] began OT in fall 2017 at 17 years old he had a long list of diagnoses which despite years of doctors and therapies had only gotten worse. Added to his autism and Tourette’s was a form of ticcing that would last for days and had even resulted in hospitalization. Since [name withheld] was unable to predict the attacks he had become a recluse. Emily immediately saw what no one else ever had! [name withheld] had an undiagnosed vestibular condition that was drastically affecting every area of his life. Tasks that so many of us take for granted such as standing still, turning your head from side to side and even laying down created such a devastating imbalance the only way [name withheld] body could stabilize was to severely tic. Emily’s gentleness and sincere understanding of the problem has changed [name withheld] life! She developed a plan just for him and progress was immediately noticeable. In the span of a year my son went from his whole world consisting of his room with almost no outside contact to eagerly diving into new and challenging experiences. Over the summer 2018, [name withheld] went tubing on the lake, hiked on uneven ground, and even climbed on a wall to look into a ravine at Tallulah Falls. There aren’t words for the happiness you feel when you see your child feeling confident! We’ve got more work ahead of us as [name withheld] sensory issue isn’t limited to vestibular. He also has olfactory, visual, and auditory issues and Emily has created plans for it all. Excited doesn’t begin to describe how we feel about the road ahead of us. After years of being “stuck in the mud” we have finally gained traction and we couldn’t have done it without Kids Can!
Mom of 17 year-old boySuwanee, GA