Teaching Autism Social Skills Through Everyday Moments (Not Just Therapy)

Your child goes to social skills group every Thursday. They've been going for eight months. And last week at the grocery store, they walked past the cashier without a word — even though you'd coached them in the car the whole way there. Sound familiar? The therapy gap is real: one hour a week of structured practice doesn't transfer automatically into the unpredictable, fast-moving world of real social interactions. Here's the thing no one tells you at intake: daily life is the real classroom. And you're already in it.