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21.01.2022 Senior Social and Emotional Skills Groups What a way to wrap up our school holiday group programs! We had an excellent time with our Senior Social and Emotional Skills Group over the last 3 days and have loved watching them all grow! This group program helps children to:... understand social expectations positively interact and socialise with their peers put their social skill training into practice problem solve and conflict resolute social scenarios understand and manage their own emotions and behaviours The group program was guided by the ‘SuperFlex and the Unthinkables’, a social thinking curriculum and the ‘Zones of Regulation’ a program that fosters emotional understanding and regulation. The children also had great opportunity to put their lessons into practice with social games, problem solving tasks, arts and crafts and calming and relaxation activities. #talkingmatters #talkingmattersfamily #occupationaltherapy #OT #speechpatholoy #SP #SLP #childsdevelopment #autism #paediatrics #learn #grow #socialskills #teamwork #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #social&emotional #superflex #zonesofregulation #theunthinkables

14.01.2022 Ladybug Craft Make the last weekend of school holidays fun with these adorable little ladybugs! All you need is an egg carton, pipe cleaners, pom-poms and some paint to make your own! ... This Fun Friday Activity is great to help develop your child’s fundamental fine motor skills, build on their vocabulary, work on following instructions and enjoy some pretend play together! #talkingmatters #talkingmattersfamily #occupationaltherapy #OT #speechpatholoy #SP #SLP #childsdevelopment #autism #paediatrics #play #learn #grow #finemotorskills #creativeplay #ladybugcraft #eggcartoncraft #funfriday #funfridayactivityideas

09.01.2022 Peer Therapy Here at Talking Matters we offer one-on-one individualised therapy support... but we also love facilitating peer therapy! Peer therapy is simply an OT and/or SP session with two or more children. This offers great opportunities for the kids to put into practice all of the skills they have been learning in their individual therapy. ... Peer therapy is a great chance to work on social skills including: turn taking conversation skills social problem solving (conflict resolution) sharing waiting winning and losing, and an opportunity to make new friends #talkingmatters #talkingmattersfamily #occupationaltherapy #OT #speechpatholoy #SP #SLP #childsdevelopment #autism #paediatrics #play #learn #grow #peertherapy #peersupport #socialskills

02.01.2022 Play Skills Group This week we conducted our first ever play skills group! We had so much fun learning and playing together! The aim of our play skills group is to help preschool children (aged 3-5) develop their social, play and communication skills with their peers. Throughout the group we learnt a range of skills including:... Listening and attending to activities Following instructions Building play skills including pretend play Developing social skills such as sharing, waiting, and turn taking Practicing activities as a group It was great to see the group play so well together and develop their skills! Swipe to check out some photos from our play skills group! #talkingmatters #talkingmattersfamily #occupationaltherapy #OT #speechpatholoy #SP #SLP #childsdevelopment #autism #paediatrics #play #learn #grow #socialskills #playskills #teamwork #teamworkmakesthedreamwork