Challenges with social interactions is one of the core deficits of autism and ABA learning centre offers a variety of social skill groups to help children overcome this challenge. Through the use of resources developed by Michelle Garcia Winner, Carol Grey, Tony Attwood, Kari Dunn-Buron and others we work to teach social skills in a fun, play-based environment.
With school age children we work on developing joint attention, turn taking, and emotion recognition in themselves and others. Participants learn how to play games that they will encounter on the playground, which will help them to engage with their peers. We also discuss and act out common social situations so that children learn to have the appropriate reaction based on the situation they are in. Peer relationships are encouraged; participants learn information about other children in the group and strategies for how to start, maintain and end a conversation are taught and practiced with the group. By developing the above skills and many others we strive to help children be successful in social situations in their everyday activities. All of these skills are taught using effective teaching strategies and the analysis of verbal behavior.
ABA Learning Centre Offers:
- Social skills groups with same age peers (ASD and typical)
- Play groups with same age peers
- GRASP – acting group for adolescents
- Summer Jamboree – functional life skills and social skills in the community
Playgroup activities will include:
- Individual NET lesson activities
- Active games to develop peer interaction, language, and gross motor skills
- Interactive/board games to develop peers interaction and language skills
- Songs and motion activities to develop imitation and language skills
- Arts and crafts to develop fine motor and academic skills
- Concept games to develop language
- Play stations to develop cooperative play and language skills (video modeling will be used as one of the teaching techniques)
Analysis of Verbal Behavior and effective teaching techniques will be used throughout each playgroup session. Playgroup lesson objectives are based on the Assessment of Language and Learning Skills (ABLLS)
We are accepting applications for sessions starting in September
For more information please contact Kristen Kringhaug at kristen@abacentre.ca
