social skills classes for children, tweens and teens

GIFT OF GAB CLASSES FOCUS ON HELPING OTHERS FIND THEIR VOICE AND THE JOY OF COMMUNICATION.

CHILDREN 

Groups are based on age and skill level and are usually no more than 4-6 children with a highly skilled and experienced speech therapist. The speech therapists on our team have at least 10 years-experience working as a speech pathologist with a diverse population and providing group therapy. Our groups are small to provide the most optimal environment for growth as well as more individualized attention to target goals.

Group sessions run for 60 minutes. Your therapist will engage each child and focus on needed skills such as turn taking, topic maintenance, when to change topics, reading social cues, asking and answering questions, finding common interests, etc. in a natural child-led manner. Children are made to feel safe being themselves regardless of ability and skill level all while learning communication skills.

For those children who use Augmentative/Alternative Communication devices to be their voice, we want to hear you! We want your children who use AAC to be part of the conversation. Our speech therapists are fluent in Proloquo2go, touchchatHD, Gotalk Now Plus, TD snap, talk suite, proloquo4text, grid3, speak for yourself, LAMP, WFL, and much more. Our groups will focus on younger elementary children with single word based selections or phrased based selections, and our speech therapist will help students move from their current selection to more complex selections as the children move through the semester.

Where: Our in person groups for children will run out of our Downtown Brooklyn location

Brooklyn Autism Center (BAC)

57 Willoughby St.

Brooklyn, NY 11201

When: Classes will take place Mondays and Wednesdays with First session beginning at 3:30PM. We will first meet with your child to determine the best fit for them.

Tweens, Teens, & Young Adults

Our social skills club program for Tweens and Teens is run by a seasoned and experienced speech pathologist. Sessions run for 60 minutes. Our speech therapists will focus on:

· Initiating and maintaining a conversation

· Break down step by step how to use social media appropriately

· Socializing in group chats

· Review texting and email etiquette

· Resume writing & interview questions (for teens and young adults only)

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Where: We offer a safe space where Tweens, Teens, and Young Adults can be themselves while working on target skills to enhance their social communication in Downtown Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Autism Center (BAC)

57 Willoughby St.

Brooklyn, NY 11201

When: Classes will take place Mondays and Wednesdays with First session beginning at 3:30PM. We will first meet with your child to determine the best fit for them.

Makeups:

If the therapist cancels, there will be a makeup for the session. If an enrollee is absent, they can

make up one session.

Cancellation: We understand that things happen and you may need to cancel. Please let us know, no later than one week prior to the start date for a full refund minus any processing fees

that may have been transacted through PayPal.

Please contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can!