Conversation Club
6 Week Option: Ages 6-13 | 4 Hours/Week | $4,080
12 Week Option: Ages 10-18 | 2 Hours/Week | $4,080
Building communication skills, including initiating, maintaining, and appropriately ending conversations
Program Details
Is your child ready to learn and practice elements of conversation in a fun interactive group environment? If yes, Conversation Club is right for you! In this program, participants practise initiating and maintaining conversations, taking turns speaking, staying on topic, reading non-verbal cues, and ending conversations.
One-to-one support is available at an extra cost for children who require frequent breaks outside of the group, have difficulty regulating emotions such as frustration or worry, or to maintain safety (e.g. seizure protocol).
Sample Goals
The type of goals your child or teen may target in this group include:
- Make comments throughout conversation
- Take turns acting as listener and observing appropriate cues
- Take turns speaking and following appropriate cues
- Learn to discuss a variety of topics
- Gauge when listener is bored, and when to change the topic
Funding
- OAP funding (childhood budgets, interim one-time funding, AccessOAP core clinical services funding)
- Out-of-pocket
- Charitable funds
- Private insurance
Eligibility
WHO SHOULD REGISTER?
Your child might benefit from this group if they:
- Have emerging back and forth conversation skills.
- Can ask and answer questions and make comments.
- Can speak about things that interest them.
- Are interested in making friends and socializing with peers.
- Can sit and participate in a group lesson or activity for at least 15 minutes.
WHO IS NOT A FIT?
However, your child may not be eligible if they:
- Do not have emerging back and forth conversation skills.
- Cannot ask and answer questions and make comments.
- Are not interested in making friends and socializing with peers.
- Frequently harm themselves, harm others or destroy objects when upset. For long standing risky behaviours, consider Full Day ABA. For new or escalating, high-risk behaviours, Urgent Response Services may be appropriate.
Schedule
AGES 6-9
6 Weeks | 2 Days/Week | 2 Hours/Day | $4,080 (Tax Included)
This group does not include any caregiver education or observation sessions.
Saturday
09:30 AM – 11:30 AM
SOLD OUT
AGES 10-13
6 or 12 Week Options | 1 or 2 Days/Week | 2 Hours/Day | $4,080 (Tax Included)
This group does not include any caregiver education or observation sessions.
May 21 to June 27, 2024 (6 weeks)
Tuesday & Thursday
06:00 PM – 08:00 PM
May 21 to June 27, 2024 (6 weeks)
Tuesday & Thursday
06:00 PM – 08:00 PM
May 22-to June 26, 2024 (6 weeks)
Monday
03:30 PM – 05:30 PM
How It Works
ABA Group Therapy is designed to work like swimming lessons. Some children progress quickly through the levels, while others repeat a level several times to work on or reinforce a goal. Sometimes, clinicians may recommend repeating a service. Caregivers can also sign their child up for the same level again if they feel they have more to gain from the curriculum.
Below you will find an example of what your journey through our ABA Group Therapy might look like. Because every person with autism is unique, you may not need to start at step 1. The most important thing to keep in mind is that the skills build on one another. First, your child or teen should establish a communication system, then start to learn how to navigate group settings. Once this foundation is established, they can begin to develop more advanced social and emotional regulation skills.
Why Choose Us
At Surrey Place, our goal is to empower participants and their families in the ongoing journey of growth and development. We work closely with each family, listening to your unique needs every step of the way to create a personalized behaviour plan for each participant.
We offer resources for caregivers to maintain their children’s skills at home. From support staff working to match your child with a program that will best suit their needs to the ongoing care of expert clinicians, our team is here to help your child gain new skills, build self-confidence and reach their full potential.
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