Our Unique Socialisation Programmes

A child with special needs may have good language and cognitive abilities. But they can still face difficulties adapting to new surroundings and interacting with others at school.

At ARN, we use the award-winning Social Thinking programme, which goes beyond the teaching of social skills to show children how the social mind works and how social behaviour influences the way people perceive them.

This programme is specifically designed for children who are otherwise doing well at school but are having difficulty socialising in their school environment.

With Social Thinking, your child will learn to build social competencies such as:

• How their own social minds work – why they react and respond the way they do.
• Behaviours that make others feel good and those that make others feel bad.
• How their behaviours affect their own emotions and relationships with others across different social contexts in school.

• recognise different levels of their own and others’ social minds;
• manage their behaviours for more rewarding social outcomes while considering how others perceive and respond to them; and
• adapt to people and situations around them, from formal to casual settings.