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Previous Group Descriptions
ComMusicate
ComMusicate offers a unique blend of music and speech-language therapy with the goal of developing early language and social communication skills. The 10-week program includes songs and activities chosen to meet the participants' speech, language and interaction goals.
Is ComMusicate the right group for my child?
Learning to play and interact with peers is a crucial step in the social communication development of children. By participating in social communication groups, children and their parents have the opportunity to identify social strengths and areas of growth and to practice interaction skills.
Social Communication Group 1:
ComMusicate offers a unique blend of music and speech-language therapy with the goal of developing early language and social communication skills. The 10-week program includes songs and activities chosen to meet the participants' speech, language and interaction goals.
Is ComMusicate the right group for my child?
- ComMusicate was developed for preschool children between the ages of 2.5 and 5 years of age
- Level 1 is for children with few to no words and / or minimal interaction skills
- Level 2 is for children who use single words or gestures and some two word combinations and who interact to make requests (at minimum).
- A love of music and movement is a great place to start with this program.
Learning to play and interact with peers is a crucial step in the social communication development of children. By participating in social communication groups, children and their parents have the opportunity to identify social strengths and areas of growth and to practice interaction skills.
Social Communication Group 1:
- For children who have mild language delays or typical language skills
- Targets conversations skills with adults and peers
- Promotes socio-dramatic pretend play with adults and peers
- Develops early stages of theory of mind
- Includes both parent coaching and direct therapy
- Based on Talkability, The Hanen Centre's program for verbal children on the Autism Spectrum
- For children with typical language skills
- Targets social competency development within each child through peer interaction
- Follows the "We Thinkers" curriculum developed by Ryan Hendrix, Kari Zweber Palmer, Nancy Tarshis, and Michelle Garcia Winner of Social Thinking
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