RED DOOR offers social skills training for neuro-diverse teenagers and young adults.
Social Saturdays is a specficially designed class to develop age related social skills and mental health practices for neurodivergent teens and young adults.
Logistics: The classes run on Saturdays from 10-11:30 am with the office of RED DOOR in Central.
The classes are organised and run by qualified counsellor, psychologist and special needs educator Angela Watkins (MA Education and M.Counselling). Angela has over 30 years working with individuals with complex social skills needs such as those with learning differences including autism.
The Social Saturday’s secret weapon – typical teen supermodels.
The class also includes neurotypical teens acting in the roles of social skill modeling co-teachers.
Because of the mix of students, participant and experience how many different teens encounter teen challenges. The ratio of students to teachers is 2:1 at most, and often 1:1.
Class topics and focus.
Angela is a counsellor and psychologist with over 30 years of experience working with individuals with differing neurological profiles. The Social Saturdays class brings these years of experience together with a range of research based approaches to social skills (eg RDA, PEERS, ) with a modern twist. We talk about current events and popular themes so that the class is aways relevant to the current world environment.
The classes are designed to build essential social skills each week such as such as conversational skills, emotional literacy, memory skills, demonstrating interest in others, recognizing strengths and weaknesses, taking turns, patience and tolerance of others, dealing with anxiety, and social etiquette.
Each session also covers one special topic as you can see in our list of upcoming class topics below. We use a range of techniques including reflection exercises, CBT exercises, art therapy, role play and game playing to ensure classes are fun and have variety. Topics include independence, romance, introducing oneself, setting goals and changing habits, anxiety management, financial literarcy, appreciating parents, test anxiety, and many more.
Each month one session will have a games day when we devise special games, always with a social skills tilt, to bring extra fun into learning social skills
Upcoming classes special topics:
Saturday 13 December 2025 – conversation starters
Christmas break: No class on 20 or 27th December 2025.
Saturday 3 Jan 2026 – setting resolutions
Saturday 10 Jan 2026 – tbd
Saturday 17 Jan 2026 – tbd
Saturday 24 Jan 2026 – Game day – the Game of Life Social Skills edition.
Saturday 31 Jan 2026- tbd
Saturday 7 Feb 2026 – Game day – “Whats love got to do with it”
Saturday 14 Feb – “I should be so lucky”, understanding Luck
NO CLASS Saturday 21 and Saturday 28 Feb,.
Saturday 7 March – tbd
Saturday 14 March – tbd
Saturday 21 March – Game day – Emotional literacy/ Bingo
Saturday 28 March – tbd
Saturday 4 April – No class public holiday
Saturday 11 April – construct your own redemption story. Leaving negative behaviours and choices in the past.
Saturday 18 April
To find out how to attend this class contact Angela Watkins on 93785428 or email angelaw@reddoor.hk.
To find out more about social skills and why they are important see our blog on this issue.
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