Konfident Kids Therapy Camps
Konfident Kids run therapy camps aimed at improving social, communication and motor skills. The therapy camps are intensive and provides children all the essential elements of becoming socially aware and a good and skilled communicator.
Social Skills Group
What are social skills?
According to Wikipedia (Click here for link to source), "A social skill is any skill facilitating interaction and communication with others. Social rules and relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways. The process of learning such skills is called socialization."
So basically, as we've grown and developed, and been in different social situations, we have worked out how to behave, respond and exchange communication in a socially acceptable way. This development has occurred thanks to our understanding. This is from our understanding of verbal communication, of our understanding and perception of how others respond/react to a situation, how we would feel when in the same situation, our understanding of nonverbal communication like facial expressions and body language etc
So while we know how to make friends, know how close to stand to someone without making them uncomfortable, how to interact with others in all types of situations like social and professional situations, we often take these skills for granted because they come naturally to us. But for some kids, the opposite is true! This is particularly true for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Who will benefit from the group?
Konfident Kids Social Skills Groups are aimed at children with an ASD who are often known to prefer independent play and seem disinterested in making friends. It isn't true that they don't want to make friends, usually more accurate to say they don't understand how to make friends. They don't understand others' body language or how to respond to a situation. They often feel like they may as well be speaking another language for all the progress they make.
How does the group run?
Konfident Kids works on Social Skills through different mediums. This includes:
What are some of the topics covered?
Konfident Kids Social Skills cover many topics. These include:
When are the groups run?
The group runs from 4-5pm every Thursday afternoon. The camps are run by Speech Pathologists with input from Occupational Therapists and Psychologists.
Our Social Skills Groups are run from: Konfident Kids Clinic - 20 Belmore St Penrith
Transition 2 School Camp
What is the Transition 2 School camp?
Transition 2 School camps are aimed at providing intense therapy to children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Over five days a number of therapists target fundamental motor, cognitive and communication skills that will assist a child to acquire the knowledge and skills to transition successfully into a formalised school setting. Parents are kept informed of their child’s progress and at the conclusion of the camp are given relevant homework tasks to assist with generalisation.
What are some of the goals addressed?
Occupational therapy goals
Social skills goals
Speech therapy goals
Some of the speech/language/social activities include:
When and where are the camps run?
The camp runs for 5 days during the NSW January school holidays each year. The camps are run by Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists and Psychologists.
Our camps are run from the Konfident Kids clinic at 20 Belmore St, Penrith (entry off Soper place car park).
Location: Konfident Kids - 20 Belmore Street, Penrith
Camp Dates: Monday 16th to Friday 20th January 2012 - Time 9am - 12pm daily.
Therapy Camp
The Therapy Camp is aimed at providing intense therapy for children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The camp runs over four days and a collection of multi-disciplinary therapists target fundamental motor, cognitive, communication and social skills that will assist in empowering these children and increase their function within the community. Parents are informed daily on their child’s progress. At the conclusion of the camp all the therapists involved in the camp will complete a progress report. The progress report will include homework tasks to assist with generalization and future recommendations.
Our camp has been developed to assist with social, communication, sensory integration,play skills, cognitive skills, and motor skills.
What are some of the activities covered?
Who is involved in running the camp?
Konfident Kids
Location: Konfident Kids - 20 Belmore Street, Penrith
Camp Dates: NSW school holiday periods - Next one TBC for April 2012
Handwriting Clinic & Fine Motor Skills Camp
What is the handwriting/fine motor skills camp?
The Handwriting Clinic & Fine Motor Skills Camp is aimed at providing therapy for children with handwriting and fine motor difficulties.
What are some of the goals addressed?
When and where are the camps run?
The camp runs for 3 days during the NSW school holiday periods. Our next camp is due to run on:
The camps are run by our Occupational Therapists
Our camps are run from the Konfident Kids clinic at 20 Belmore St, Penrith (entry off Soper place car park).
NSW School Holiday 2011 dates
2011:
11-04-2011 - 26-04-2011
07-07-2011 - 15-07-2011
26-09-2011 - 07-10-2011
12-12-2011 - 26-01-2012
Therapy Camps Information Flyer
Therapy Camps Information Pack
To register for one of Konfident kids therapy camps, simply complete the below online referral, or contact our Konfident Kids staff on 02 4731 3469