MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017
West Coast Speech News
Wink by Blue
Orange Games
Phenomenal game
for working on
observation skills.
Children Learn When They are
Interested
At West Coast Speech Language Pathology we teach children
through play. When they are doing something they like, they
are more likely to learn about it.
Forbidden Island
by Gamewright
Great game for
teamwork and
perspective taking.
The clients who come to our clinic are coming to learn a variety of different
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MAY MONTH
SUMMER GROUPS
Come and get your
cookie as we celebrate
May is Speech and
Hearing Month
Exciting New Groups
are planned for this
summer
THREE FAVOURITE
GAMES
Our favourite therapy
games this month
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Candy Land by
Hasbro
Perfect for colours,
matching, counting,
turn taking
WCSLP 604.771.2305 [email protected]
MAY 1, 2017
things. They may be coming to learn how to
produce specific speech sounds, to learn new
vocabulary, to learn to put words together, to
reduce their accent, to improve their referencing
skills, to improve their narrative skills or to
improve their social skills. During play we have
endless opportunities to address these skills and
we have success because the children are engaged
and motivated.
Take the game above: Pie Face
Who isn’t going to have fun anticipating a face full of whip cream?. The last time I played this game
during therapy the goal was irregular past tense: I spun 4, I got 6, It hit me, It hit you. It’s also a
fantastic game for improving referencing and emotions (e.g. I’m nervous.)
Summer Groups and Camps
This summer we will be offering weekly groups as well as a few summer camps. All of
our groups are billed at $90/hour. Our camps have different rates which are listed with
their write up. Please contact us at [email protected] to sign up.
SOCIAL LANGUAGE FOR 5-7 YEAR OLDS
SOCIAL LANGUAGE FOR 7-9 YEAR OLDS
These groups are designed for our younger children
who have not yet been in a social language group. We
will introduce concepts such as expected and
unexpected behaviours, whole body listening,
thinking with your eyes, body and brain in the group
and working with a group plan.
These groups are designed for our younger children
who have already been introduced to concepts such as
expected and unexpected behaviours, whole body
listening, thinking with your eyes, body and brain in
the group and working with a group plan and they
need a little more practice on these concepts.
SLP: Sarah: July & August, Saturdays, 10:45-11:30
SLP: Nicky: Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 and 4:40-5:30
SLP: Janine: Tuesdays, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 4:00-5:00
July 4, 11, 18, 25, August 1, , 8, 2017
SLP: Sarah: August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2017, 4:00 - 5:00
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IDENTIFYING WITH EMOTIONS WITH BRAIDY
This group is designed for children aged 5-7 who have a hard
time talking about and identifying emotions in themselves and
others. We will use Kimochi’s and children’s literature along with
Braidy the StoryBraid ® (Story Grammar Marker ® developed by
MindWingConcepts).
Parents will be instrumental in providing examples and pictures
of their children experiencing specific emotions for the group.
DATES: Wednesdays, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2017
TIME: 4:00 - 5:00
COST: $90/HOUR
SLP: Janine Baker
SOCIAL LANGUAGE FOR 10-13 YEAR OLDS OR 13-16 YEAR OLDS
For our tweens who are already familiar with basic social thinking concepts we will address perspective taking,
inferencing, empathy, and building peer relationships while continuing to emphasize the core ideas of social
communication.
SLP: Vanessa: Wednesdays July & August, 5:30 - 6:30 10-13 year olds
SLP: Peggy: Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 14, 21, 28 4:15 - 5:15 and 5:15-6:15
SLP: Peggy: Wednesdays, July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 3:45 - 4:45 10-13 year olds
SLP: Janine: Tuesdays, July 25, Aug 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 4:00 - 5:00 10-13 year olds
SLP: Janine: Wednesdays, July 26, Aug 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 5:00 - 6:00 13-16 year olds
SLP: Nicky: Saturday, 10:00-11:00July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5 2017 13-16 year olds
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BACK TO SCHOOL Camps and Groups (1.5 hrs per day, 5 days total, ages 6-15)
With summer winding down, a lot of children and parents will be thinking of their next school
year. Our “Back To School” groups will be made up of similarly aged kids, working on
common social language goals. Since summer is often unstructured, our camps will serve to
prepare kids for school life re-entry. Some of what we will do includes:
Summer recap and shares (including creating materials to share at school)
How-tos (sharing summer events/experiences with others, learning and rehearsal)
Playing team sports and group games (getting ready for recess and lunch time)
Cool, amazing and funny (developing sets of jokes, facts and things to share)
Hope and advocacy (wishes and needs in the coming school year)
When signing up, please let us know the following: which camp you are interested in, and
what time range you and your child are available during for that week (for example: “Camp 1,
we can come between 10am-3pm every day”). We will do our best to finalize a 1.5 hour
block that works for all group members.
SLP: Bosko Radanov
Camp 1: August 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Camp 2: August 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Camp 3: August 28, 29, 30, 31 + September 1
*group membership limited to 4 similarly aged kids per camp group
**final number of groups and times are subject to the best fit and
availability of interested parties
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