Kids Link - Helping Build Social Skills and Positive
Connections, Turramurra, NSW, Australia Our Philosophy The
Programs Who We Are Contact Us   Newsletter  #1  What kind of
therapy works with kids with social skills deficits?  When
parents are told that their child or teen needs “social skills”
therapy they often enter into a confusing process of looking for
therapeutic services. This is partly because there are so many
different types of therapeutic approaches. How do you know which
is the right one? How do you even know what approach a certain
therapist uses?  Cognitive-behavioural therapy is the
therapeutic approach that is most effective in helping children
with social skills deficits. Briefly, cognitive-behavioural
therapy is a structured and directive type of therapy that aims
to uncover how our thinking process effects how we feel and
behave. Often children and teens with social skills deficits are
having some type of difficulty reading the social environment
and responding to it in appropriate ways.