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Social Skills Group Overview

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Some children acquire social skills, such as saying “please” and “thank you” and to wait their turn by observational learning. However, children with developmental, learning, and attention issues often experience difficulty developing common social interaction skills by simply observing o...

Spring 2016 Group Schedule

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  MONDAYS Social Skills For Ages 8-13 ~ Mondays 4:00-5:00 pm This group focuses on  friendship, reducing anxiety, improving ability to manage feelings of frustration, and building confidence. Lessons and hands on activities help participants practice self reflection, self management, and social ...

Staying Calm and Alert Social Skills Group

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Group Leader, Casey, talks about the Staying Calm and Alert Group: “Group members will work together to learn how to monitor, maintain, and change their level of alertness.  The purpose of this group is to build interaction skills while helping kids understand their personal arousal states, and ...

Budding Writers Group

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Group Leader, Melodie talks about the Budding Writers Group: “This group will help to build the  visual, motor and attention skills that children need to become successful in handwriting. Children that avoid or seem to struggle with fine motor activities such as playing with play-do, building wi...

Winter 2016 Group Schedule

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We are excited to be offering several new groups and programs this winter. Space is limited for all groups, so please contact our office soon to sign up. Visit our website at www.nhws.us to see the new schedule that will be starting in January 2016.

Fall 2015 Group Schedule

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Budding Writers For Ages 3-5 ~ Tuesdays from 2-3 pm, 4 sessions (10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27) This occupational therapy led group is for children who are struggling with beginning to write or color or who avoid doing fine motor activities. Participants gain body awareness and the skills needed to b...

Does your child need help making friends?

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Friendships are more than just fun playmates they help children develop social skills like communication, cooperation, and solving problems. We are offering a summer social skills group for ages eight to seven that will help your child build friendships, strengthen communication skills, reduce an...

Does your child need support with peer interaction?

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This summer we are offering a Sensory Play Social Skills Group for children ages five to seven. This group was designed to help encourage children to focus on positive social behavior, strengthen their social communication skills, and improve their peer interaction. Movement, sensory based strate...

Reminder About Your Deductible

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Now that the new year is here, it brings with it a fresh start at many things. One important one to pay attention to is your insurance deductible. Insurance plans work in one of two ways: Contract year plan. This means your plan begins and ends on a date you initiated coverage, and can be […]

Sensory Play Social Skills Group for 5-7 year olds

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Our fall groups started last week and we are looking forward to 7 more weeks of growth, learning and fun. We still have space available in the Monday afternoon group from 4-5pm.  This group combines movement, sensory rich play and  social games to increase social skills. If you would like more ...