Groups
Social Skills Groups
Groups are facilitated by Anne Marie Nixon, PhD, LPC, NCC and address the following areas:
- Social Language
- Cooperative Play Skills
- Reading Social Cues
- Personal Regulation in Groups
- Active and Passive Listening
- Conversation Skills
- Initiating and Responding
- Topic Maintenance
- Reading Verbal and Nonverbal Social Cues
- Expressing Emotions, Preferences and Ideas Appropriately
- Giving and Accepting Clear Language Messages
- Providing Meaningful Feedback
- Tolerating Discomfort and Disappointment in Groups
- Perspective Taking
Handwriting Groups
Handwriting groups are offered with a unique approach addressing the many facets of handwriting. Activites will integrate foundation level neuromuscular skills, sensory processing and fine motor development as well as teaching and improving handwriting skills. Components of Handwriting Without Tears, Zaner-Bloser, First Strokes, Loops 'n Groups. Callibrobics, Brain Gym and music will be utilized.
Start to Write (ages 5-6)
This group will target the following areas:
- Postural stability
- Crossing midline and rotation
- Strength and endurance
- Rhythm and timing
- Tactile awareness
- Ocular motor skills, eye-hand coordination
- In-hand manipulation skills
- Pencil grasp and hand dexterity
- Kinesthetic understanding of letters
Fun To Write (ages 7-8)
This group will target the same areas as Start To Write plus the following areas:
- Spacing between letters and words
- Print and beginning cursive writing
Get It Write (ages 9 and older)
This group will target the same areas as Fun To Write plus the following areas:
- Quality of cursive writing
- Writing sentences and paragraphs
For more information, please contact (908) 879-7067