Supporting and nurturing the development of social skills in a positive, welcoming and fun way.​

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Chat Well Group Therapy (and Social Groups) support clients to participate in social activities with children with common interests. They provide opportunities to practice and utilise skills in a real life scenarios. 

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Our Group Therapy use neurodiversity-affirming practices. This means that they will always use strengths based approaches, support clients to understand that neurodivergence is welcome, while helping to equip them with tools to have positive social experiences..

 

As an example of what neurodiversity affirming practice means:

 

If a client is not comfortable with making eye contact (which is a neurotypical expectation), our team will not encourage them to do this. Our team promotes modifying the "environment" with the provision of supports, instead of expecting clients to change who they are or train them to do something if it is both uncomfortable and unnecessary. They may explain why such an expectation exists, but the choice about how they wish to respond to that expectation belongs to the client.

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Current Group Therapy sessions that run every school holidays:

• Beading Group: Ages 5-8 years  (1 hour)

• Lego Social Group: Ages 5-8 years (1.5 hours)

• Science Group: Ages 7 years and older (1 hour)

• Sensory Play Group: Ages 3-6 years (1 hour)

• Art Group: Ages 8 years and older (1.5 hours)

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Current Group Therapy sessions that run during the school term:

• SEA Bridge Program: For neurodivergent & autistic youth aged 5-10 (1 hour)

• SANDE Bridge Program: For children of all different neurotypes aged 3-6 (1 hour)

• Sounds-Write Group: Ages 5-10 years, targeting reading and writing skills using an evidence-based phonics program (1 hour)

• Creative Social Group: Ages 8 years and older (1 hour)

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If you are not an existing client, or currently receiving any therapeutic services, complementary intake session with a member of the therapy team is required to take a case history and determine suitability.

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Group Therapy sessions offer the opportunity to:

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• Play and engage

• Share interests with others

• Make connections

• Problem solve

• Building identity

• Work towards individual goals

• Collaborate with others

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Our Adelaide Speech Pathology clinics are located in Greenacres and Mawson Lakes.

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Group Therapy (and Social Groups) sessions are NDIS claimable. Read more about fees and claiming options here.