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Purpose of Groups:
- Occupational Therapy (OT)
Groups help children with self-care, motor, & social skills, and
help parents understand children's behavior
- Groups are challenging for
your child in a positive way. Your child's tolerance and
ability to focus should grow. The physical activities
should be a great stress release.
- Children learn
to control behavior, be more self-regulated, and interact better
with peers.
- Parents become
more fluent in understanding and controlling their child's
behavior.
Available Groups:
- Sensory Motor Development
- This group uses sensory-based games and activities to develop
successful play skills in children who struggle with the gross motor
and motor planning aspects of group play. This group is
offered for specific age groups (3 - 5 years and
5 - 7 years).
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Kindergarten Readiness
- This group uses sensory-based games & activities to develop
successful plan & pre-learning skills to prepare children to enter
into a structured school setting. Topics include making
friends, homework, organization, getting along with teachers, and
morning routines. This group is offered for kindergarten-ready
children (ages 4 - 6 years).
- Happy Handwriting
- This group uses fun fine motor games, creative art projects, and home activities to help children develop necessary pre-writing skills
and build a more positive attitude towards writing and fine motor
tasks. Specific ability groups include children who are
learning to print (ages 4 - 7 years) and cursive hand-writers (ages
8+ years). Topics include pre-handwriting readiness, hand
strengthening, and proper letter formation.
- How Does Your Engine Run?
- This group assists children to accurately identify and
alter their activity and attention level using fun sensory-based
activities. We will learn the non-medication approach to
improving and maintaining attention. This group is intended for school-aged children with sensory
regulation issues, ADD, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Super Flex Social Thinking
- Children often have difficult making and keeping friends. This group
focuses on flexible thinking and how to understand the social world.
Based on the work of Michelle Garcia-Winner, children will learn
about SuperFlex and the team of Unthinkables to help with non-verbal
communication and social skills. This group combines sensory
integrative approach with social thinking in a play-based
environment. This group will be offered for children 5 -7 and
8 - 12 years old.
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Girl Power
- Dr Stephanie Foster and Ms. Julie Schmidt, Marriage & Family
Therapist, offer this group to empower girls with knowledge of
anti-gossiping and anti-bullying strategies, communication,
friendships, getting along with parents, and non-verbal
communication. This group will be offered for ages 8 - 10 and
11 - 15 years.
- Boy Power
- This group will address issues boys have. Specific topics
include assertive communication, anti-bullying strategies,
competitiveness, friendships, giftedness, etc. This group will
be offered for ages 8 - 12 years.
- Picky Eaters R Us
- This group is for all picky eaters. If your child has
difficulty eating a variety of foods & textures, then this group is
for you!! Children will explore foods and textures, learn
nutritional education, and discover why eating is so hard.
Parents will understand their child's unique sensory needs, and how
powerful input in the mouth can be self-regulation. This
session will be grouped developmentally by the children's age &
needs.
- Parent Support Group
- Parenting a child with self-regulation and behavior difficulties
is especially challenging. This group offers a
multi-disciplinary support to parents and focuses on supporting each
other through the ups and downs of parenting children by reading
Parenting From the Inside-Out. Topics include attachment,
memory, parenting when children have challenges with behavior, poor
self-esteem, and compliance. This session will be co-lead by
Julie Schmidt, MFT, and Stephanie Foster PhD, OTR/L. Please
note: This will be a parent only group--no children should be
present.
Dates:
- Session 1: June 21 - July 7 on Tuesdays &
Thursdays, time be determined.
- Session 2: July 12 - 28 July on Tuesdays &
Thursdays, time be determined.
- Parent Support Group: June 22 - July 27 on
Wednesdays at 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Location:
- Play Groups: Kid's Work Clinic or Dance Motions
Studio
- Parent Support Group: Kid's Work Clinic
Additional Details:
- Groups consist of 3 - 5 children of similar ages
or developmental needs. Parent volunteers are required to be present at each session to facilitate
carry-over and participation.
- Prior to the start of the group, each child must
attend at least one screening session. There is a fee for this
screening.
- Contact Stephanie M. Foster, PhD, OTR/L at
805-264-1553.
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