Social Learning Therapy centers around treating and progressing a child’s ability to learn in social settings. Most research supports the idea that children accomplish some of the most effective learning that they ever do in social settings when encouraged to interact with others and with the information they are trying to retain. This being said, it is of vital importance for a child to feel comfortable and equipped to exist in a social setting with the tools to learn and grow alongside their peers.
When a kid has difficulty learning in this way, experts tend to look to certain behaviors to confirm where the struggle really lies. Some of the ways that these challenges manifest themselves related to social awareness. Others trace back to difficulties cooperating or working as part of a team. Oftentimes, children who cannot find it in themselves to connect in a social setting like this benefit from being taught a handful of tools to keep in their arsenal for use functioning effectively as social learners.
A therapist employing social learning therapy to help a child who has issues in this type of environment will work with the child to develop a stronger sense of participation, to enhance the child’s focusing abilities, and to gain a clearer perspective of the way they come across to their peers and as a communicator. If the therapist can help the child to learn how to see themselves accurately and instill a sense of confidence the propels the child forward to learn and grow without inhibitions, they will feel they have done their work therapeutically. The child will come away from their social learning therapy experience with the skillset necessary to engage, learn, cooperate, and function as a member of a team in their various classroom and extracurricular settings.
