PEERS BOOTCAMPS
PEERS® Small Group Bootcamps are designed to teach evidence-based social skills to teens (13-17 years), young adults (18 – 35 years) and families in a workshop format. Bootcamps are a condensed version of the full PEERS program and focus on a specific set of skills pertaining to one specific social category. Attendees are presented with targeted skills through step-by-step instruction, role-play demonstrations, and have the opportunity to practice the real world skills through behavioural rehearsal exercises. During these behavioural rehearsals, attendees are divided into small breakout groups to practice with direct coaching from our program team. Parents, practitioners and educators are also invited to attend a session (online) in which they are provided with additional instruction on how to coach participants through practice and constructive feedback.
Bootcamps and workshops are facilitated in the school holidays and are based on expressions of interest. Register Now!
FRIENDSHIP & CONVERSATION BOOTCAMP
TOPICS COVERED:
- Choosing Appropriate Friends and Finding a Source of Friends
- Appropriate Conversation Topics
- Trading Information and Maintaining Two-way Conversations
- Starting, Entering and Exiting Conversations
- Electronic Communication
- Planning and Organising Social Gatherings
- Responding To and Bringing Up Disagreements
DATING BOOTCAMP
TOPICS COVERED:
- Letting Someone Know You Like Them
- Flirting
- Choosing Appropriate People to Date
- Online Dating
- Asking Someone on a Date
- Accepting Rejection
- Turning Someone Down
- Planning and Going on Dates
- Dating Do's and Dont's
- Handling Pressure from Partners
BULLY PROOF BOOTCAMP
TOPICS COVERED:
- Letting Someone Know You Like Them
- Flirting
- Choosing Appropriate People to Date
- Online Dating
- Asking Someone on a Date
- Accepting Rejection
- Turning Someone Down
- Planning and Going on Dates
- Dating Do's and Dont's
- Handling Pressure from Partners
SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
MINECRAFT CONFIDENCE AND FRIENDSHIP BUILDING WORKSHOP
What is confidence? It’s knowing who you are and all the amazing things you can do! Just as you mine for blocks in Minecraft, there are ways to “mine” for confidence. We will show you in our 2-day workshop!
The workshop includes fun challenges, puzzles, and fill-in-the-blank adventures to help boost your confidence alongside your favourite Minecraft characters and critters. With every activity you will feel a little happier, stronger, and confident!
Ages: 8-12 years
EXPRESS YOURSELF WORKSHOP
Express, Create, Play, and Move!
Children will have time to explore and play with a variety of tactile and sensory materials (dough, clay, paint, collage, natural materials, ink, water). They will also explore how to create and vary sounds through voice, body percussion and a range of instruments and found materials. Children will be guided to identify feelings and personal responses/reactions, building vocabulary around the senses and emotions. They will be supported to share, engage with and respond to the experiences of others in verbal and non-verbal ways. Children will finish the workshop with a piece of art which they have created to represent themselves and/or their world.
Ages: 6-11 years and 12-17 years
