Social Speech Groups
It’s playtime! One of the best ways to learn is in a group setting and we provide options to fit the needs and interests of as many kids as we can. Read below to learn about our offered classes.
Call our office or e-mail clientservices@strakaspeech.com to ask any questions about our Social Group Programs.
We accept insurance and private pay funding for groups.
Preschool Playskills
Ages 2-3 || Mondays 9:30- 10:15am, Wednesdays 9:15- 10:00am, Thursdays 9-9:45am, or Fridays 1:30-2:15pm
The Preschool Playskills group is a therapeutic approach to social development. It is designed to develop play skills while eliciting age-appropriate language through natural opportunities for social interactions. Children will be engaged in a variety of adult and child-directed activities in order to develop skills for preschool such as: joint attention, circle-time and waiting, turn-taking, sharing, and pairing language with nonverbal social skills. An occupational therapist will also be joining our SLP to lead activities with a focus on fine and gross motor skills and sensory processing development.
Lunch Bunch
Ages 4-5 || Fridays 12:30-1:15pm
This social skills group focuses on building social relationships with children who have just started or are about to enter school. This group is appropriate for children who are able to carry on brief back and forth conversation. There will be a focus on improving attention to peers, good listening skills, turn-taking, social language, and strategies for building friendships. An occupational therapist will also be joining our SLP to lead activities with a focus on fine and gross motor skills and sensory processing development, all during lunch time!
Snack and Speak
Ages 5½ - 7½ || Thursdays 4:3o-5:15pm
This social skills group focuses on building social relationships with children who just started or are about to enter school. This group is appropriate for children who are able to carry on conversation by asking and answering questions. There will be a focus on improving attention to peers, good listening skills, turn-taking, social language, and strategies for building friendships. An occupational therapist will also be joining our SLP to lead activities with a focus on fine and gross motor skills and sensory processing development, all during snack time!
Social Power
School Age (Ages 7½ - 11) Wednesdays 4:00-4:45pm
Teens and Tweens (Ages 12-17) Wednesdays 4:45-5:30pm
This social skills groups will focus on ways to break down, discuss, and implement abstract social concepts with elementary, middle-school, and high-school students. Lessons are organized into categories that include friendship, perspective taking, self-monitoring, being part of a group, effective communication, making plans to be with others, problem solving, and more. Practical life skills will be addressed through monthly field trips into the community.