Upcoming Groups

Circles of Security, Lego, Prep Readiness and Peers at Carina

At ESA, many of our clinics run group therapy programs  throughout the term as well as during school holidays.  Our Carina clinic is currently offering Circles of Security as well as the Peers social skills program for teens.

Lego Groups at Murarrie 

Lego Group

Goal: Social Skills

A fun and interactive workshop around building social skills through LEGO-Based therapy activities.

Ages: 7-12 yr olds

Dates: 27, 28, 29 June: 9:30-11:30am

Early Language Groups at Murarrie and Toowong

The 6-session program aims to support parents' understanding of language development and how to utilise strategies through play. The program will be run by Hanen trained Speech-Language Pathologists with a focus on how to implement language development strategies in different ways.

Ages: 2-4 yr olds

Murarrie Dates: 28 June; 5 July; 12 July, 19 July, 26 July; 2 August. 10-11am each Wednesday

Toowong Dates: 30 June, 7 July, 14 July, 21 July, 28 July, 4 Aug. 11-12 each Friday

Sensory Explorers Groups at Toowong

Sensory play includes activities that stimulate a child’s senses: touch, smell, sight, sound, taste, movement, balance, and spatial awareness. The use of sensory play can assist a child in touching, smelling and playing with certain items or textures.

These skills are required to participate in a range of activities, in particular daily self care tasks such as eating, bathing and brushing teeth. 

Ages: 3-6 years

Dates: 3, 4, 5 July: 9-10am each day

Teen Connect and Science Group at Springfield

Our Springfield clinic have some beautiful opportunities for young people to connect and have a ton of fun over the holidays. 

Soooo many groups at Upper Mt Gravatt!

Why are group programs so important?

All those wonderful skills your children are learning during their regular sessions can be fine-tuned and practiced in a safe and welcoming environment, with kids who are matched to their abilities. Groups are fun, effective, and an integral part of your child's therapy journey. Research shows that social skills groups improve social communication in school-aged children and adolescents (Gosling, Cartigny, 2022)*.

*Reference: Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for Autism spectrum disorder: an umbrella review, Gosling, Cartigny et al (2022)