GROUPS:
- Recreational Groups (3.5-7 yrs.)
Recess can be an daunting experience for some children. We developed our outdoor
recreational groups in order to provide a successful environment for children who are having
difficulty during play time. The children will be exposed to various recreational and leisure
activities including sports activities, board games and several other recreational games found
on a typical school playground. The goal of the groups is to help children gain confidence and
independence in a group setting. Foundation skills such as joint attention, referencing,
reciprocity, emotion-sharing, self-assertiveness, conflict resolution and communication are
addressed. Older children learn more complex social capabilities e.g. Perspective taking,
assertiveness, compromise, conflict-resolution, conversation, communication, non-verbal
communication and humor. Motor skills are also a large part of play and socializing. We
structure our activities to encourage the children to work on building core strength, increasing
motor planning, bilateral movement, increasing coordination and sensory integration with a
focus on regulation.
Peer to peer interaction is always our goal and the main objective is for the children to be first
comfortable (calm & regulated) and then engaged. This is not a group for parents looking to
gain "compliance" and have their children learn to follow direction/commands. Although we
have a strong behavioral influence and it shows in our coaching via the ability to provide
structure and our understanding of functional analysis, these groups are meant to help children
learn to regulate in a group setting, interact with peers, create ideas and develop their social
muscles.
An outdoor recreational group for children with high functioning autism, Asperger’s
Syndrome and related developmental delays. We are running a group in the Carlsbad area on
Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Click here to view the flyer
We are play group experts!
Link to current group schedule for times and locations.
Link to current group schedule for times and locations.
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