Social Communication Holiday Workshops – Melbourne, Sept/Oct 2017
Primary aged children with communication challenges.
Partners in Communication are offering workshops over the September/October holidays (26th – 28th September 2017) for primary school children. These workshops will be run with Speech Pathologists and an Occupational therapist and use the Social Thinking methodology as seen in The Incredible Flexible You®, We Thinkers®, Social Thinking and Me® and Superflex® (produced by www.socialthinking.com) together with the ‘Zones of Regulation’ by Leah Kuypers.
These programs are a social thinking curriculum for early childhood and are designed for 4-8 yr olds. Groups will be tailored accordingly to ability and age. Minimum numbers will be required.
These groups are for children who are in their early primary years.
They might have difficulties with:
Listening and attending
Initiating and maintaining conversations
Relating socially
Negotiating and compromising
Making and maintaining friendships
These groups aim to better equip children with the skills required to play with others, learn in a group and consider the thoughts and feelings of themselves and others.
Group Structure
The groups are for 4 – 5 children together with a speech pathologist, occupational therapist and experienced assistants.
They run for a duration of 1.75 hrs, with parents returning 20 minutes prior to the end of the session for the feedback component.
Activities comprise:
Thinking with your eyes/ Joint attention
Interpreting the context/situation
Whole Body Listening
Expected/Unexpected behaviours
Social behavior mapping
Free play facilitating session targets
Social games
When: Tuesday 26th (AM), Wednesday 27th (AM), and Thursday 28th (AM) September 2017
Where: 243 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield North
Who: Fiona / Linda – 03 9973 1632
E: admin@partnersincommunication.com.au
W: www.partnersincommunication.com.au
FB: partnersincommunicationptyltd
Costs: FaHCSIA clients: $150 per session. Non FaHCSIA: $135 per session, payments to be made in advance.