Social Groups
Our Treatment Approach
At Thera+Kids, our social groups are based upon the Social Thinking® framework developed by Michelle Garcia Winner and The Zones of Regulation® by Leah Kupyers. These approaches help teach children core social competencies and the use of practical tools to better understand and manage emotions, thoughts and impulses.​
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Activities such as games with rules, gross motor fun, stories, drama, music, arts and crafts and making videos are used to teach children how to think socially.
Our Social Groups
Connection Crew (4 – 7): Sometimes children have difficulty connecting with their peers. Sitting in circle time, sharing toys and playing with others can often be exceptionally challenging. Through activities such as music, drama, stories, art, movement and pretend play, children learn core Social Thinking® concepts to encourage social-communicative competence. Group members improve social awareness, develop a social/emotional vocabulary, learn how to actively listen to others, participate in a group, notice and comprehend non-verbal communication and understand the perspectives of their peers.
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Friendship Forum (8 – 10): Friendship Forum is based upon the You are a Social Detective!, Social Thinking and Me, and Superflex: A Superhero Social Thinking® Curriculum. This group centers on teaching children how to better focus on, interpret, problem solve and respond to social information. As the ability to stay regulated facilitates social emotional learning children will also learn strategies to help with self regulation. Using the engaging characters Superflex and the team of Unthinkables, children learn about their social brains and the challenges ("Unthinkables") they may have that make it difficult to become better Social Thinkers®. Children will learn how to identify these challenges and "defeat" them by developing a "toolbox" of strategies.
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