Center for Children Provides Peer Models and Social Skills Training

Recently, the Schwartz Center for Children offered 8-week peer modeling and social skills training for children with autism. The Bedford Massachusetts children and their peers learned from each other - the children with autism  gained skills in eye contact, simple social interactions, and following directions, while peers learned about children different than themselves. The Schwartz Center also offers a day school, early intervention, hippotherapy, speech and language therapy, self-help and motor skills.

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