Sessions are available face to face, via video calls or phone calls.
2024 December Holiday Social Skills Group
Hope for Tomorrow Psychology Centre will be running a holiday programme during the 2024 December holiday for children between the ages of 5 - 7 years by our educational psychologist, Ms Daisy Tan.
The workshop will be beneficial for children who struggle with social communication and social interaction. Being a small group, the children will be taught the social skills, and also have the opportunity to practise the skills with their peers under guidance. To support parents, the programme includes a parent workshop to share with parents about skills to reinforce with child. Feedback is also provided to parents post-sessions.
Prior to programme, questionnaire to be completed by parent to assess suitability for group,
Enrolment is subject to suitable group forming and available slots.
Sample Session Schedule
Sample Session Structure
- Greetings / Check In / Hello Song
- Review of previous session / Presenting home programme to the group
- Introduce topic(s) via social stories/ videos
- Role-play social situation and model using social skills taught for the session
- Apply and practise skills using structured group activities/ games
- Apply and practise skills using free/ unstructured play
- Goodbye
Sample of Session Topics:
Session 1: Getting to Know Each Other / Look, Listen, Speak
Session 2: Thinking Thoughts, Feeling Feelings
Session 3: Being a Good Social Detective
Session 4: Working with Others - How to Play Fair and Have Fun
Session 5: Working with Others - How to Be a Good Teammate
*Actual session outline depends on needs of the children in the group
References
- The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel
- Social Thinking Methodology by Michelle Garcia Winner
We believe parents are our children’s best teachers. Skills taught to the kids during the workshop need to be continually reinforced for them to better internalise the skills. Hence, we involve parents in the parent workshop, as well as provide regular updates to parents about the skills taught in the group.
We teach kids to develop social thinking skills to manage different social situations. The social thinking methodology help kids develop their social competencies, flexible thinking, and social problem solving, which equip them to better navigate the social world.