Super Skills — Social Skills Training

Super Skills is an internationally standardised social skills training system for children with autism. Based on real-life social scenarios and a scientific step-by-step approach, children learn the rules of communication, communication skills, and emotional regulation; confidence, cooperation, and the ability to integrate into a group are built. The principle of 'applied socialisation' — "learn it, apply it" — means that skills are immediately practised in situations close to life, rather than in artificially isolated training conditions.

At the H&B Neurolife International Rehabilitation Center in Shangrao, Super Skills is the core of stage O (Open Social) of the GROW program (mental age 4 years 6 months – 6 years). At this stage, the child has already formed foundational learning skills and readiness for group work (stage R), and the focus shifts to the core issue of ASD — socialisation. The format combines group interaction with individual support: children train social scenarios in a group while the specialist accompanies each child personally. The method is combined with PCI, DIR/Floortime, and Theory of Mind (ToM) at advanced stages.

Advantages of the method as delivered at the centre: an international standard with a mature evidence base; applied skills usable in life; step-by-step growth from basics to complexity; realistic situational modelling; combination of group and individual format; family continuity — parents are easily coached and reinforce skills at home.

What matters for the parent

Super Skills is applied socialisation for life, not a theoretical 'etiquette course'. The goal is for the child to be able to act with confidence in real social situations: at kindergarten, at school, at home, in public places. Family continuity is one of the principles: parents are coached on specific techniques to support social practice in daily-living situations. This significantly enhances the outcome.