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NEW… 2026 SUMMER WEEKLY CAMPS!
HANDLING BULLYING SUMMER GROUP – TEENS
In this four-day Handling Bullying Summer Group (with separate groups for ages 11–14 and 15–18), teens build practical skills for managing and responding to the everyday peer challenges that can make school and social life stressful. Each session will explore common and realistic social situations – teasing, rumors, gossip, cyberbullying, and physical or verbal bullying – and equip teens with clear, evidence-informed strategies (using socially appropriate comebacks, setting respectful boundaries, and shifting a negative reputation, quick comebacks) through psychoeducation, modelling, and guided role-play.
This will be followed by repeated opportunities to practice new skills in a safe, supportive group setting – where every interaction is a chance to build confidence. Using realistic scenarios drawn from school, friendships, and online life, the group works through the situations teens actually face: handling a hurtful comment, responding to a rumor, navigating a changing reputation, or knowing what to do when a boundary is crossed. With feedback and coaching from a counsellor trained in the PEERS® approach, teens get a welcoming, judgement-free space to try out new responses, learn from peers, and walk away with tools they can use the moment they need them – in person and online.
The PEERS-Informed Handling Bullying Summer Group is a structured social skills group running in for ages 11–14 and 15–18 – for adolescents who experience difficulty managing teasing, bullying, cyberbullying, rumors and gossip, boundary-setting, or other peer relationship challenges, that uses PEERS®-informed strategies and activities to teach, practice and generalize evidence-informed social skills. Identify different types of bullying and peer conflict, learn safe and practical responses, practice appropriate comebacks and boundary-setting, develop strategies for cyberbullying and gossip, and build social confidence and problem-solving skills through this interactive summer social skills opportunity.
Included in the package: a one-hour parenting workshop introducing caregivers to the key concepts, skills, and strategies their teen is learning, and exploring how parents can best support their child in putting these skills into practice at home, at school, and online. Optional but strongly encouraged – and included as part of the program.
PEERS BASICS + DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CREATIVE SKILLS CAMPS FOR TEENS
A PEERS-Informed, Game-Based Dungeons & Dragons Program for Schools & Families.
In this daily three-hour Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) + PEERS Social Skills Adventure (ages 12-18), teens build real-world friendship skills and then put them into action with their own party of heroes. Each session will explore the invisible social rules with a PEERS social skills session, where the group learns clear, practical strategies (like starting conversations, joining in, handling disagreement, and repair) through discussion, modelling, and guided practice.
This will be followed by preparing for and carrying out a D&D quest where imagination leads the way – and every choice matters. Using simple rules and dice rolls, the group collaborates to shape the story’s outcomes: clever plans, brave rescues, unexpected alliances, and dramatic twists. Players create (or choose) their own character and team up to tackle mysteries, puzzles, and challenges – negotiating with suspicious townsfolk, exploring ancient ruins, and solving magical riddles. Along the way, teens will also learn how to set up and run their own D&D-style groups at home and school, gaining the tools to keep the adventure – and the friendships – going after camp ends. With support from a counsellor certified to deliver the PEERS Program, teens get a welcoming, sensory aware space to practice skills in the moment, build confidence with peers, and develop genuine friendships – week by week, adventure by adventure.
PEERS + D&D is a structured social skills group for neurodiverse teens aged 12-18 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, or related social challenges, that uses tabletop roleplaying (Dungeons & Dragons – style) to teach, practice and generalize evidence-informed social skills (integrating key concepts from the PEERS approach). Build conversation skills, learn a structured approach to build friendships, practice emotion regulation, and expand flexible thinking through this interactive summer camp social-skills opportunity.
Camps are offered on a weekly basis each week of summer from 6 July to 10 August 2026.
Sign up now, spaces limited HK$5000 per week, try each one and stock up on skills and practice before the start of the new academic year!
WHAT IS PEERS?
The Programme for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) for Adolescents is a six week evidence-based parent/caregiver-assisted social skills intervention for motivated teens in middle and high school with social challenges who are interested in learning new ways of making and keeping friends. This internationally acclaimed program, used in over 70 countries in over 18 different languages, was originally developed at UCLA by Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson. PEERS® is world-renowned for providing evidence-based social skills treatment to preschoolers, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, and other socio-emotional learning needs.
WHAT HAPPENS IN PEERS for Adolescents?
The PEERS® for Adolescents 6-week social skills intervention for youth is held for 50 minutes each group session for students with regular updates separately for parents/caregivers/emotion coach, depending on format offered. During each group session, teens are taught important social skills and are given the opportunity to practice these skills in session during socialisation activities. Parents/coaches are given the resources to support their teen in the learning from the weekly sessions and are taught how to assist their teens in making and keeping friends by helping to expand their teen’s social network and providing feedback through coaching during weekly socialisation home practice guidance. Participation in the adolescent PEERS® 6-week virtual programme, when offered, can provide the same much needed support for teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression or other social and behavioral disorders. when attendance in person is not possible. Parent/caregiver/emotion coach participation is required.
WHAT IS THE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS add-on course?
A Twice per week PEERS-Informed, Game-Based Dungeons and Dragons Program for Schools & Families
In this two‑day Dungeons & Dragons + PEERS® Social Skills Adventure (ages 12–18), teens build real‑world friendship skills and then put them into action with their own party of heroes. Each week begins after school with a PEERS®-informed social skills session, where the group learns clear, practical strategies (like starting conversations, joining in, handling disagreement, and repair) through discussion, modelling, and guided practice.
On the weekend, the party reunites for a 1‑hour D&D mission where imagination leads the way—and every choice matters. Using simple rules and dice rolls, the group collaborates to shape the story’s outcomes: clever plans, brave rescues, unexpected alliances, and dramatic twists.
Players create (or choose) their own character and team up to tackle mysteries, puzzles, and challenges—negotiating with suspicious townsfolk, exploring ancient ruins, solving magical riddles, and working together to succeed. With support from a counsellor certified to deliver the PEERS® Program, teens get a welcoming, sensory-aware space to practise skills in the moment, build confidence with peers, and develop genuine friendships—week by week, adventure by adventure.
Why D&D? D&D provides a motivating, structured way to practice real-life skills:
- clear roles and rules for turn-taking
- repeated opportunities for collaboration and problem-solving
- “safe practice” for social situations (mistakes become learning moments)
- engaging stories that promote participation for teens who may avoid traditional afterschool / weekend groups
- Emphasis on imagination, creativity, strategy and talking.
- No screens involved!
Group structure
- Small group (typically 3–6 students)
- Led by a trained counsellor (“Dungeon Master”) with structured coaching
- Weekly sessions (commonly 60–70 minutes) over 8 weeks
- Optional caregiver coaching component to support practice at home
What parents and schools can expect
- A respectful, strengths-based environment
- Explicit teaching (not “just playing a game”)
- Visual supports, predictable routines, and accommodations for attention/regulation needs
- Emphasis on kindness, inclusion, and repair after social mistakes
- Progress monitoring through brief participation and skill-use check-ins
- Guidance and support from counsellor with experience in delivering neuroaffirming practice
Participation and accessibility
No D&D experience is required. Materials are provided. Students can join using:
- beginner-friendly characters
- simplified rules as needed
- supports for communication, sensory needs, and attention
Program goals
Participants will work toward:
-understanding how to run and set up D&D games with peers
-increased confidence initiating and maintaining peer interactions
-improved cooperation, perspective-taking, and conflict management
-stronger friendship skills and better generalisation to school/home settings
- PEERS® is for motivated adolescents struggling with making and keeping friends.
- Families interested in learning ecologically valid social skills that address core social deficits.
- Parents/caregivers and students who are keen to learn how to practice and maintain skills weekly.
Join the PEERS Basics to gain core skills and the DnD sessions to gain live practice. If a PEERS course has been previously attended, let us know and we can work to arrange attendance of the DnD sessions separately. Alternatively, we offer four session, one-on-one intensives to bring you up to speed so you can enjoy the DnD action on Saturday’s.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
PEERS® is for motivated adolescents struggling with making and keeping friends.
Families interested in learning ecologically valid social skills that address core social deficits.
Parents/caregivers and students who are keen to learn how to practice and maintain skills weekly.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Use appropriate conversational skills
- Use humour appropriately
- Use electronic communication
- Enter & exit conversations
- Be a good host during get-togethers
- Be a good sport
- Handle arguments and disagreements
- Change a bad reputation
- Handle rumours and gossip
- Handle rejection, teasing and bullying
DATES & TIMES
NEW* AUTUMN
2026 Groups
PEERS Basics: DATES TBC
PEERS DnD: DATES TBC
NEW* ONE-TO-ONE INTENSIVES OVER SIX SESSIONS
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