9:00- 12:00: Art or Drama

Art: The students will start the day with skills needed for greeting and starting a conversation. Positive reinforcement is emphasized within a supportive environment that encourages plenty of practice with same-aged peers. The progress is tracked to be reviewed by the week’s end. A non-competitive environment where kids will do art projects. Current project ideas are crafting action figures and producing an animation, During this program they will practice the social skills that they have learned.

Drama: Drama curriculum that focuses on teaching nonverbal language skills through the use of improvisation and other drama techniques. The program would target different aspects of dramatic technique divided into four individualized classes. One segment would provide practice with vocal inflection, volume control, rate and prosody through the art of comic characterizations. Movement classes would facilitate observation of other bodies in space and visual line of regard. The last two segments involve improvisational procedures where non-verbal aspects of communication are reinforced and role play where actual social/relational scenarios will be observed and enacted. A final class will be dedicated to a presentation of skits for parents.

12:00 -1:30: Outing 

The intend is to decrease some of the inappropriate behaviors (such as talking, laughing out loud, asking silly questions etc.) , in a typical outing. The appropriate behavior will be demonstrated by the young adult supervisor. Then the kids will visit certain outings such as a restaurant, YMCA, or park with supervisors to practice these skills.

1:30- 2:00 – Brief Review of daily goals/dismissal

At the end of each day, the supervisors review the positive behaviors demonstrated and reinforces that within the group. At the end of each week, we will meet with the parents to provide feedback on the weekly session and give suggestions as to how the parents can assist in generalizing the targeted skills in their child’s day to day activities.