Seven girls gathered Tuesday afternoon in an open room on the second floor of the Carolyn E. Wylie Center in Riverside. They were all teens with a similar problem -- they don't have many friends and needed some tips on interacting with other teen girls.
The group was participating in the second meeting of the Wylie Center's pilot program "Capable Girls Group," which began its first four-week session last Tuesday.
The social group for girls between 13 and 17 provides a safe, structured environment for youths with developmental delays to expand their friendship network and learn normal teen activities such as fashion, makeup, dance and situational etiquette.
The girls participating in Tuesday's activities came from Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Lisa Dryan, director of mental health for the Wylie Center, organized the program, in which her 13-year-old daughter Cecilia has been participating.
"I wanted my daughter to be in something and nothing existed," Dryan said. "That's one of the wonderful things about Wylie: I can think like a parent and create a program like this one."
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