West Metro Learning Connections

News Bulletin January 07, 2005

 

Hello Friends of WMLC, 

We hope your new year is off to a wonderful start!  Below is a list of the social skills groups and activities for the Winter Session at West Metro Learning Connections, Inc.  Most groups are offered for a designated age range, and each group includes different social communication and interaction skill development lessons.  If you are interested, please call Mary Ann or Janet at 952-474-0227 to obtain further information or to register.

Winter Session runs from January 9, 2006 until March 4, 2006.  Registrations are accepted on an ongoing basis. 

SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS

Mondays

4:00-5:00           Catching on to Getting Along w/Beginning Play Skills(Ages 7-8)

                                                                                                      2 OPENINGS

5:30-6:00           Guided Play & Reinforcement

6:00-6:30           How to “Do” Recess and Choice Times

 

4:45-5:00           Dinner with Friends 2 OPENINGS

 

5:00-6:00           Moving on with Communication NEW* (Ages 10-11) 2 OPENINGS

6:00-6:30           Guided Play & Reinforcement

6:30-7:00           How to “Do” Recess and Choice Times

 

5:15-6:15           Tweens/Teens Talk (Tweens/Young Teens) 1 OPENING

6:15-7:45           Teens Rock

 

Tuesdays

Open for any social skills therapy group.  For descriptions see: 

http://www.wmlearningconnections.com  Downloads / Catalog

 

Wednesdays

5:00-6:00           Moving on with Communication  NEW* (Ages 8-9) 2 OPENINGS

6:00-6:30           Guided Play & Interaction/Role Plays

6:30-7:00           How to “Do” Recess and Choice Time

 

Thursdays

1:00-2:00           Catching on to Getting Along (Ages 4-6)  1 OPENING

2:00-2:30           Guided Play & Reinforcement

 

4:30-5:30           Getting Along with Friendship&

                              Feeling, Behaving, and Communicating

                                with the 5-point Scale (Ages 7-9) 1 OPENING

5:30-6:00           Guided Play & Reinforcement

6:00-6:30             How to “Do” Recess and Choice Time

 

 

6:00-7:00           Feeling, Behaving, and Communicating

                with the 5-Point Scale (Ages 11-12) 1 OPENING

7:00-7:30           Guided Play & Reinforcement

 

6:00-7:00           Asperger/High Functioning Autism Awareness (Ages 10-11)

                                                                                                      2 OPENINGS

7:00-7:30           Guided Play & Reinforcement

 

FRIDAYS

4:00-5:00           Tweens/Teens Talk (Tweens & Older Teens) 4 OPENINGS

5:00-9:00           Teens Rock

 

SATURAYS

10:00-11:30       Moving on with Communication NEW* (Ages 9-10) 2 OPENINGS

11:00-11:30       Guided Play & Reinforcement

11:30-12:00       How to “Do” Recess and Choice Time

 

12:00-1:00         Catching on to Getting Along (Ages 5-8) 2 OPENINGS

1:00-1:30           Beginning Play Skills

1:30-2:00           How to “Do” Recess and Choice Time

 

12:00-2:30         Saturday Escapades therapeutic recreation (see below)

 

1:00-1:45           Therapeutic Crafts    4 OPENINGS

 

2:00-3:00           Teens Talk (Ages 14-16) 3 OPENINGS

3:00-5:00           Teens Rock

 

* “Moving on with Communication” is based on Navigating the Social World by Jeannette McAffee and reviews and expands basic conversation skills and adds basic conversational responses, nonverbal and contextual clues (receptive and expressive), greetings and farewells and conversation initiations specific to conversational partners, nonverbal conversational skills, tone of voice skills, and conversational manners.