Group Programs
Building social confidence
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Sensational Kids offers dyads (two children, one therapist) to help kids practice skills learned in individual sessions, with a peer. Dyads run throughout the year based on interest and suitability.
Our school readiness groups are run each January in Kensington and help our young clients transitioning to school each year.
Group therapy provides children a safe environment to practice skills and techniques learned in individual sessions. They allow therapists to identify and focus on key areas of challenge and strength in a social setting that we may not otherwise have an opportunity to observe.
Some of the things we work on in our groups include:
- Social confidence
- Using the right language, body language and gestures
- Making and keeping friends
- Attention and concentration
- Awareness of others
- Dealing with feelings
- Perspective taking
- Group participation and turn taking
- Resilience
- Negotiating social situations
- Reading body cues
- Following directions
- Problem solving and reasoning
- Sensory and motor skills
HOW DO I ENROL MY CHILD IN A GROUP?
Please note: We are not currently running social skills groups at Sensational Kids. We are currently only offering Dyads at both sites and a School Readiness Group each January from our Kensington clinic.
If you are interested in dyads or your therapist has recommended you consider a dyad for your child, please call our admin team to register your interest. If you are new to our practice, you will meet with a therapist first to set goals and decide which therapist is best suited to your child.
OUR GROUP PROGRAMS CURRENTLY ON OFFER
Social Dyads (Ages 3+)
Intensive social skills-based program for children who require practice with a peer, without the larger group setting. The therapist guides and supports two children in play to help further develop play and social skills.
School Readiness Group (children transitioning to school that year)
A fun, engaging and targeted group program helping kids with the essential skills to help them transition to the school environment with ease. These groups are run from our Kensington clinic each January. Register your interest with our admin team and keep an eye out in clinic and on socials for upcoming groups.