Services – Social Skills Groups

Are you looking to build your childs play skills and have them have a blast in the process!?  Register them for our Little Buddies Play Groups!!  They will practice greeting others, following group instructions, taking turns with friends, requesting items from peers and more!  This is a great way to get your child used to having fun with their friends and being successful in a small group environment. This group will also incorporate Fitness & Fun programming.

Prerequisites:

• Independent toileting or in diapers
• Follows simple instructions from adults without challenging behaviour, most of the time
• Your child can tolerate being near peers without challenging behaviour
• Your child does not engage in significant challenging behaviour

Service Details:

• Date and Time: Sat 9:00am – 12:00pm
• This program runs in 10-week blocks.
• This service is only offered in Hamilton or Etobicoke.

For more information and to register, please contact us at 416 367 5968 or at info@alphabee.com.

Have your child join us in building friendships while having fun playing games, doing science experiments and making crafts! We will also learn how to start and join a conversation as well as asking and answering questions with peers and other important skills for creating and maintaining friendships. This group will also incorporate Fitness & Fun programming.

Prerequisites:

• Independent toileting
• Independent eating
• Can request wants/needs with 1-4 word sentences
• Will participate in play activities with some assistance
• Follows multiple instructions from adults without challenging behaviour
• Can tolerate being near peers without challenging behaviour
• Does not engage in significant challenging behaviour

Service Details:

• Date and Time: Sat 9:00am – 1:00pm
• This program runs in 10-week blocks.
• This service is only offered in Hamilton or Etobicoke.

For more information and to register, please contact us at 416 367 5968 or at info@alphabee.com.

Conversation skills can be challenging for the best of us! Have your child come hang out with us and learn conversation skills in a safe environment with peers who are working on similar skills. They will learn to maintain a conversation and how to work together as a team to complete adventure challenges, solve missions, and make group decisions!  Your child will benefit from learning how to use these skills with different people and in different environments.

Prerequisites:

• Participates in interactive and cooperative play with little support
• Engages in conversations with adults and peers, but may struggle with maintaining the conversation
• Follows multi-step group instructions
• Can tolerate being near peers without challenging behaviour
• Does not engage in significant challenging behaviour
• Independent toileting
• Independent eating

Service Details:

• Date and Time: Sat 9:00am -1:00pm
• This program runs in 10-week blocks.
• This service is only offered in Hamilton or Etobicoke.

For more information and to register, please contact us at 416 367 5968 or at info@alphabee.com.

Our Cooperative Adventure Groups offer an online ABA skill session for participants. They will work together as a team to complete adventure challenges, solve missions, and make group decisions.

Young adventurers will practice skills such as:

• Teamwork
• Cooperation
• Cognitive Flexibility

Prerequisite Skills for Participants:

• Cooperate in a group setting without challenging behaviour.
• Sits at computer for at least 50 minutes without attempting to leave.
• Has basic computer skills and follows multi-step instructions on the computer.
• Can answer various WH- questions.
• Can ask and make comments in a conversation.

Please note that this program is offered in-person in Social Skills Groups – Operation: Cooperation at our Hamilton and Etobicoke locations.

For more information and to register, please contact us at 416 367 5968 or at info@alphabee.com.

Join Minecraft Social Skills and make this classic online game a great and fun way for young players to learn using ABA skills! Players will level up their social skills in online interaction, including teamwork, flexibility, cooperation, and more.

Prerequisite Skills for Participants:

• Cooperate in a group setting without challenging behaviour.
• Sits at computer for at least 50 minutes without attempting to leave.
• Has basic computer skills and follows multi-step instructions on the computer.
• Can answer various WH- questions.
• Can ask and make comments in a conversation.

Please note that this program is offered in-person in Social Skills Groups – Operation: Cooperation at our Hamilton and Etobicoke locations.

For more information and to register, please contact us at 416 367 5968 or at info@alphabee.com.