NEW! Easter 2012 School Holiday Programs
Kids Connect Therapy will offer a number of specialist school holiday programs in the Easter 2012 school holidays.
Specialist School Holiday Program
“Sounds for School” Early Literacy Skills Program
Aquatic Occupational Therapy Holiday Program
If your child is new to our clinic we will need to see them for a short 45-minute assessment to ascertain their suitability and so that we can best target their areas of need in the program.
Please see our friendly admin staff on (03) 9807 1114 for further information and to register your interest. Places are limited and already filling up!
Specialist School Holiday Program
Our Specialist School Holiday Program provides an intensive learning time where your child can practice language, social and sensory-motor skills in a real-life setting with therapist support.
The School Holiday Program is intended for children who:
- Are struggling to form friendships and/or lack social confidence
- Have language and pragmatic difficulties
- Are experiencing social/emotional difficulties
- Have developmental delays or disabilities, including autism
Our experienced therapists facilitate your child’s interactions with his or her peers during naturalistic play contexts, including gross-motor, sensory and/or symbolic (pretend) play. The program is intended as a general practice time for your child.
Sessions will be held between 9:30am – 11:30am.
Week 1: 2nd, 3rd and 4th of April 2012
Week 2: 11th, 12th and 13th of April 2012
If your child is new to our clinic we will need to see them for a short 45- minute assessment so that we can ascertain their suitability and best target their areas of need in the program.
“Sounds for School” Early Literacy Skills Program
Does your child:
- Show little interest in sounds, letters or learning to read?
- Struggle to recall letters, sounds or words?
- Have trouble during or avoid literacy time?
- Seem to be behind their peers in learning to read?
Then we might be able to help!
In the Easter 2012 school holidays, Kids Connect Therapy are excited to offer an early literacy skills program for children in Prep and Grade 1 who are beginning to read. Reading is a complex act relying on abilities in language, cognition, visual and auditory processing. There are important foundation skills that if not developed properly can affect how easy it is for a child to learn to read.
The group will focus on practising and revising the foundation skills needed to be a good reader. These include:
- Early phonological awareness skills such as syllabification and rhyming
- Matching letters with sounds
- Identification of initial, middle and final sounds in words
- Auditory memory skills – remembering the sounds and words children hear
Fun activities that can be completed at home will be provided after each session and a report will be given with a summary of their performance and some strategies for school.
Sessions will be held between 12:30pm – 2:00pm.
Week 1: 2nd, 3rd and 4th of April 2012
Week 2: 11th, 12th and 13th of April 2012
If your child is new to our clinic we will need to see them for a short 45-minute assessment so that we can ascertain their suitability and best target their areas of need in the program.
Please see our friendly admin staff for further information and to register your interest. Places are limited and already filling up!
Fine Motor Intensive
This group is designed for children in pre-school who need to boost their confidence and skills in fine motor activities prior to the commencement of school. The groups will focus on making fine motor activities fun for everyone. If your child typically avoids fine motor activities, or simply has difficulty in completing these tasks this group is for you. The groups will integrate a variety of sensory motor and table top tasks which aim to enhance your child’s overall abilities in fine motor activities including, painting, drawing, cutting, in-hand manipulation and strength. We will also complete action songs and gross motor tasks to help your child be ready for fine motor tasks and to support integration of bilateral skills. This will help your child be ready to experience success in Prep.
Sessions will be held between 9:00am – 10:30am.
Week 1: 2nd and 4th of April 2012
Week 2: 11th, 12th and 13th of April 2012
This session will be run by experienced occupational therapists who will also take into account your child’s developmental and sensory needs. At the end of each group session you will receive a small piece of written feedback. At the end of the program if your child has attended more than three sessions you will you receive a summary report, ideas and strategies for home.
If your child is new to our clinic we will need to see them for a short 30 minute assessment so that we can best target their areas of need in the program.
Please see our friendly admin staff for further information and to register your interest. Places are limited and already filling up!
Aquatic Occupational Therapy Holiday Program
Aquatic Occupational Therapy actively engages the child in water-based play activities in order to develop skills such as:
- Water familiarisation and safety skills
- Fundamental swimming skills
- Gross-motor skills – postural control, balance, coordination
- Communication skills
- Play skills
- Praxis – motor planning and sequencing
- Relationship-building and social skills
- Attention and concentration skills
Aquatic Occupational Therapy also assists the child to regulate sensory information and overcome sensory challenges.
Sessions are run by Sarah King, an experienced Occupational Therapist who specialises in working with children. Sarah also has a background in swimming education and is a certified teacher with Auswim.
Sessions will run between the 2nd of April and 5th of April. The holiday program consists of a 1-week intensive program consisting of 4 x 30 minute sessions. Sessions run between 9am-1pm at Syndal Swim Centre.
Please contact our admin staff as places are limited.
