ENUNCIATE GROUP THERAPY
Group therapy can be informative and powerful for both parents and children. Group sessions can assist our clients to:
- Work in small teams with other children their age
- Find their voice.
- Relate to others in healthier ways.
- Learn problem solving skills
- Develop social skills
Group sessions can provide parents with valuable knowledge, strategies, and resources to better understand and support their child’s unique needs. Parents can gain insights into various evidence-based interventions and techniques that can help promote their child’s communication, social skills, behaviour, and overall well-being. Furthermore, group sessions can provide guidance on navigating educational systems, accessing specialised services, and advocating for child’s needs. Parental involvement and understanding are crucial factors in optimising outcomes and support classes play an essential role in fostering that involvement.
Please consider one of the following group classes soon to be available at Enunciate and if you have any questions, do not hesitate but to get in touch with us on (02) 4072 1800 or via e-mail admin@enunciatetherapy.com.au.
Once you register for a group our team will be in touch with further information including: specific group pricing, final group numbers and group cancellation policies.
We aim to keep groups small for maximum results get in quick as spots are limited.
IT TAKES TWO TO TALK
Your child learns to communicate during the everyday interactions with you. Every moment you, as a parent, spend having fun and interacting with your child provides an opportunity to build their communication. Because language is learnt in natural daily activities and interactions, parents have a major role to play in helping a child whose language is delayed. It may seem like a challenging task but it isn’t with the Enunciate’s It Takes Two to Talk® Program developed by The Hanen Centre we will show you how.
Group Goals:
- Identify your child’s stage and style of communication
- Determine what motivates your child to interact with you
- Fine-tune the way you talk during interactions to build your child’s expression and understanding
- Play and read books with your child to encourage interaction and conversation.
13-WEEK PROGRAM RUN BY OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS: Orientation, 3x home sessions, 8 x group sessions & resources.
The same parent must be available for the entire program.
- Suitability:
Children 1-5 years with language delays - Not suitable:
Children with Autism or suspected Autism. Please register for our More Than Words Program for children with autism.
MORE THAN WORDS
As a parent there’s so much you can do to help your child during their everyday routines and interactions you already have together.
With Enunciate’s More Than Words program developed by The Hanen Centre, you can learn specific research-based strategies to support your child’s social communication and play skills while also connecting together.
Group Goals:
- Learn what motivates your child to communicate
- How to use knowledge about your child to set appropriate & realistic goals
- Strategies for how to talk so that your child understands you
- Strategies for developing your child’s play skills
- Ways to help your child make friends
13 WEEK PROGRAM RUN BY OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS.
Orientation, 3x individual sessions, 8x group sessions and resources.
- Criteria:
Children aged 0-6 with language delays
Children who have diagnoses of Autism (or suspected to have), or social communication difficulties.
SCHOOL READINESS
Our school readiness groups help set up children for success in their first years of schooling life. These groups work on expanding and developing the early skills required for an easier transition into Kindergarten in 2024.
Group Goals:
Toileting (social story)
Social/play skills
Fine motor skills (cutting, name writing, pencil grip)
Transitions between tasks (floor time vs table top activities)
Functional skills (packing away, getting lunch from bags, cleaning up)
Pre-literacy skills (phon awareness, letter-sound knowledge)
5 L’s of listening
Increasing language concepts important for schooling.
15 WEEK PROGRAM RUN BY OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS.
All sessions in clinic.
- Suitability:
Children entering Kindy in 2024
Children with ASD who have higher functioning language skills: verbal, able to follow 1-step instructions, able to understand simple WH questions. - Not suitable:
Children with complex behavioural concerns.
Children with lower-level language or behavioural concerns.
SESSION TIMES:
MONDAY
1 – 2
4 – 5
MORTDALE
TUESDAY
11 – 12
MORTDALE
OR
WEDNESDAY
1 – 2
CASULA
FRIDAY
2 – 3
CASULA
ONLY 5 SPOTS PER GROUP
EARLY INTERVENTION – SENSORY PLAY
Early intervention can help children and young people to develop the skills they need to live happy, healthy and successful lives. It can improve the quality of children’s home lives and family relationships, increase educational attainment and support good mental health. Early intervention is key to long term success.
Group Goals:
- Expose to a range of textures through sensory play
- Form good association in sensory play
- Follow structure/ routine
- Language stimulation through play
- Opportunity to observe peers play to improve imitation skills and play skills using cause and effect toys
- Group activities and movement base activities to develop early pragmatic language/ social skills e.g., sharing, parallel play, joint attention
- Fine motor skills; pincer grasp, hand strength, bilateral hand coordination, manual hand and finger dexterity.
8 WEEK PROGRAM RUN BY OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS.
All sessions in clinic.
- Suitability:
Nonverbal / preverbal stage (children who primarily use gesture to communicate, may have some single words here and there).
Children with some attention and joint attention span. - Not suitable:
Children with behavioural concerns.
Children who are verbal.
SESSION TIMES:
WEDNESDAY
2 – 3
CASULA
THURSDAY
1 – 2
CASULA
FRIDAY
11 – 12
CASULA
ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT
SOCIAL SKILLS – HIGH SCHOOL AGES
Our Social Skills Group aims to help pre-teenagers and teenagers improve their social skills and create an opportunity to make friendships in a structured setting with the support of our clinicians. In Social Skills groups, your child will have the opportunity to learn the fundamental skills required for participation in group activities and develop the social skills needed for positive friendships.
Group Goals:
- Creating new friendships
- Developing the skills to find common interests
- Maintaining friendships
- Repairing communication breakdowns
- Safety and risks of social media
- Peer pressure
10 WEEK PROGRAM RUN BY OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & COUNSELLORS
- Suitability:
Clients will be grouped according to ages: 12-14 and 15-17.
SOCIAL SKILLS – PRIMARY SCHOOL AGES
Our Social Skills Group aims to help pre-teenagers and teenagers improve their social skills and create an opportunity to make friendships in a structured setting with the support of our clinicians. In Social Skills groups, your child will have the opportunity to learn the fundamental skills required for participation in group activities and develop the social skills needed for positive friendships.
Group Goals:
- Creating new friendships
- Developing the skills to find common interests
- Maintaining friendships
- Repairing communication breakdowns
- Safety and risks of social media
- Peer pressure
10 WEEK PROGRAM RUN BY OUR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & COUNSELLORS
- Suitability:
Clients will be grouped according to ages: 6-7, 8-9 & 10-11
