About the founder and facilitator of Friends Connect, Donna Heit-Katz
It was apparent after working with young members of her own family and throughout her teaching career, Donna Heit-Katz noticed a tremendous need for a more tailored approach to social thinking skills. These children who were performing near, at, or even above grade level were slipping through the "cracks of the system" socially. There weren't any appropriate programs that could address the needs of these children, teens and young adults. What would happen to them as they got older, and still didn't possess the skills necessary to initiate and maintain friendships, become involved in intimate relationships, become employed, live independently, and attend college? Friends Connect was created for these reasons and more. |