socialskilled Stories with Friends™ children's program

Stories with Friends™

A Booster Group Program

This weekly program supports a child’s ability to apply reading comprehension strategies to stories read to them and by them. Each week will focus on a new story and target retelling, connecting, predicting, and inferring skills.

The flow, materials, activities, and program environment are specifically curated and designed to support a wide range of social, communicative, and emotional needs.

All activities embed the fundamentals of socialskilled, which are: learning and working with others, making friends, and keeping friends.

Academic goals are responsive to the needs of the participants and may include: Apply comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading, listening to, and viewing a variety of texts; Apply critical thinking skills to deepen understanding of texts, and analyze how various perspectives and topics are communicated and addressed in a variety of texts.

*If your child has funding through the Ontario Autism Program (OAP), our services may be covered. Please visit our FAQs page for more details.

*Participants should not demonstrate unsafe, at-risk, or aggressive behaviours. Participants require a readiness to manage in a group with a 1:3 or 1:4 support ratio.

Fee:

$599 – 10 weeks

Age Group:

Ages 8-12: (Max 6 participants)

*Age ranges are flexible

Session:

Mondays: 4:15 – 5:15pm

Feb 10th – Apr 28th

Pre-Registration Form for New Friends

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Keep Me in the Loop

"All programs that we have attended have been amazing! I like that even when we register for the same program each season, the programming is different. They encourage my child to try new things but don’t push him to the point he feels pressured."

socialskilled parent

"My hopes for my child are the same as any other parent … I hope for him to have friends and be able to have the same kind of fun I know other kids are having in their extracurricular activities."

Jennifer
Mother of an exceptional boy

 

"I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the activities my son completed during the Fun with Friends program. My son has attended other social groups which focused mainly on skill building. I loved that this program focused on hands-on learning and was actually fun for my son. I think this is the best way to learn!"

socialskilled parent

"Fun With Friends establishes core skills and understanding of making and maintaining friendships. Social skills have improved, he wants to play and have fun. This is a comfortable environment for learning and expressing himself without the fear of being judged by others. He realizes there are other kids like him and that he is well liked, he belongs and can be himself."

socialskilled parent